The Tragedy of the Republic

by Pierre Manent

In this discerning essay, first delivered as a lecture at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, a key figure in European political philosophy interrogates several of our current crises through a reading of Shakespeare's Coriolanus and Julius Caesar.

Today we choose-or believe we choose-our leaders primarily in order to defend our interests, to "represent" us. Yet as Shakespeare's inquiry into the motivations of Coriolanus,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1963319834
• ISBN13: 9781963319835
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Wiseblood Books
• Length: 38 Pages
• Weight: 0.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.3" x 8.0"