Tag Archives: Carl Schmitt

CFP: Constitutions of Hamlet, Dec 16, Split, Croatia

Posted on October 29, 2016 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

On the success of the Weird Shakespeare conference, our friends at Split are organising a conference entitled Constitutions of Hamlet with Andreas Höfele and our own Ken McMullen as plenaries. CFPs are due by Nov 20: see more below! Tragedy and … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Carl Schmitt, Franco Moretti, Hamlet, Hamletmachine, Jacques Derrida, Ken McMullen, trauerspiel, Walter Benjamin | Leave a comment

Closing Remarks to KiSSiT State of Exception

Posted on January 1, 2016 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

Watch Richard Wilson’s closing remarks to the KiSSiT: Shakespeare and the State of Exception conference, held at the Rose Theatre, Kingston on December 19, 2015. In summing up the day, Richard discusses the space of the conference, sovereignty and democracy, … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSSiT, Shakespeare and the State of Exception | Tagged blacking, Carl Schmitt, catholicism, democracy, Edward Gordon Craig, Francois Mitterand, Jacques Derrida, Jesuits, King John, King Lear, KiSSiT, Macbeth, Measure for Measure, Richard Wilson, self-identity, Sovereignty, State of Exception, Tempest, terror, The Merchant of Venice | 1 Comment

Introduction to Shakespeare and the State of Exception

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Paul Hamilton

The topic of our conference is the “state of exception”. The concept was originated by Carl Schmitt in his book Political Theology (1922) and recently revisited in the important philosophical work by Giorgio Agamben entitled, State of Exception … Continue reading →

Posted in KiSSiT, Shakespeare and the State of Exception, Thinking through Shakespeare | Tagged Carl Schmitt, Ernst Kantorowicz, Giorgio Agamben, Jacques Derrida, Julia Reinhard Lupton, King John, Measure for Measure, Paul Hamilton, Richard Wilson, Shakespeare, State of Exception, The Merchant of Venice, The Rose Theatre | 3 Comments

Howard Caygill: Laertes’ Revolt and the Limits of Popular Sovereignty -podcast

Posted on December 7, 2015 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

Listen to Howard Caygill‘s insightful lecture here. He explores the impact of popular sovereignty in Hamlet as it seems a necessary component to Shakespeare’s play. Claudius’ sovereignty is ambiguous not only because of Hamlet but also due to Laertes and … Continue reading →

Posted in Podcast archive, Shakespeare and Sovereignty | Tagged Carl Schmitt, Claudius, general gender, Hamlet, Laertes, resistance, revolt, Sovereignty, uprising, Walter Benjamin | Leave a comment

Christopher Pye: ‘King Lear, Sovereignty, and the Condition of Justice’ – podcast

Posted on November 29, 2015 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

Listen to Christopher Pye‘s extraordinary talk here. He discussed sovereignty in King Lear relating it to autonomy, the self, the state, and the world. Focusing on Cordelia’s ‘nothing’ and Edgar’s ‘I nothing am’, he opens up the relationship of power to … Continue reading →

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KiSSiT: SHAKESPEARE AND THE STATE OF EXCEPTION CFP

Posted on September 23, 2015 by kingstonshakespeareseminar

Following the success of its conference on ‘Shakespeare and Waste’, Kingston Shakespeare Seminar in Theory seeks participants for a one-day conference on ‘Shakespeare and the State of Exception’ to be held on Saturday 19 December, 2015 at the Rose Theatre, … Continue reading →