{"product_id":"9781350275072","title":"Shakespeare and Theories of Political Theology","description":"\u003ch3\u003eShakespeare and Theory\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eShakespeare and Theories of Political Theology\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSandra Logan | Evelyn Gajowski\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Shakespeare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSandra Logan's \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and Theories of Political Theology\u003c\/i\u003e provides a clear, nuanced explication of modern theories of political theology and the early modern theories that ground them.\u003c\/b\u003e This accessible overview shows how these theories have contributed to new ways of interpreting Shakespeare's works. Logan demonstrates the centrality of political theology to our understanding of sovereign authority across history, tracing debates about political theology and modern sovereignty through Schmitt, Benjamin, Derrida, and Agamben, alongside its early modern aspects through Luther, Calvin, de Vitoria, Smith, and Bodin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe then turns to Shakespearean scholarship to reveal how scholars have employed those theories to show that Shakespeare himself drew on and critiqued concepts of political theology through his plays, such as sovereign authority and impunity, sovereign\/subject relations, questions of obedience and resistance, and conditions of exceptionalism and banishment. Plays covered include \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAs You Like It\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Measure for Measure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Winter's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e.  Logan also offers a bold new interpretation of Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eRichard II\u003c\/i\u003e that is rooted in political-theological theories of resistance to tyranny and Benjamin's concept of messianic history. \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and Theories of Political Theology\u003c\/i\u003e serves as a powerful tool for understanding theories of political theology and richly demonstrates how such theories have been taken up by the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSandra Logan\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Early Modern Literature and Culture at Michigan State University, USA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eText\/Events in Early Modern England: Poetics of History\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Foreign Queens: Drama, Politics, and the Enemy Within\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), as well as many articles and book chapters on Shakespearean drama and on early modern literature.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Arden Shakespeare\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350275072\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e288\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223590469772,"sku":"9781350275072","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_e3a717a8-2b56-4fa0-9566-5f8bb676309b.jpg?v=1783078262","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350275072","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}