{"product_id":"the-hamlet-doctrine-knowing-too-much-doing-nothing-9781781682562","title":"The Hamlet Doctrine: Knowing Too Much  Doing Nothing","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat are we to do in our information-saturated age? Do we know too much to be able to act? Have we all become Hamlet in the tragedy of modern life? In this riveting and thought-provoking re-examination of Shakespeares most famous tragedy  philosopher Simon Critchley and psychoanalyst Jamieson Webster show that the story of Hamlet reveals more about the modern world than we might expect. It is more than a drama upon the stage - a play about nothing  no less - but a searing anatomy of the dilemma of human existence in a world that is out of joint. Who is the real hero of the play  the Prince or Ophelia? Along the way  Critchley and Webster consider the political context and stakes of Shakespeares play  its relation to religion  the movement of desire  and the incapacity to love. Listening to writers  philosophers and analysts  they formulate the Hamlet Doctrine - when knowing too much leads only to doing nothing  rather than something. The Hamlet Doctrine is a passionate encounter with the play that affords an original look at this work of literature and the prismatic quality of the play to project meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67661000278069,"sku":"ByrdShop_1781682569","price":249.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781781682562.jpg?v=1791907344","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-hamlet-doctrine-knowing-too-much-doing-nothing-9781781682562","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}