Love and Violence: Insights from Shakespeare on Ethics, Psychology, Theater and Law

by David Richards

This book offers both a philosophical and psychological theory of an aspect of human love, first noted by Plato and used by Freud in developing psychoanalysis (transference love), namely, lovers as mirrors for one another, enabling them thus better to see and understand themselves and others. Shakespeare's art makes the same appeal-theater as a communal mirror-expressing the artist holding a loving mirror for his culture at a point of transitional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1804411272
• ISBN13: 9781804411278
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Ethics International Press, Inc
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"