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Hamlet, Psychoanalysis, and Contemporary Politics

Hamlet, Psychoanalysis, and Contemporary Politics Irony, Ideology, Authoritarianism, Hysteria, and the Universal Subject

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Hamlet, Psychoanalysis, and Contemporary Politics

Irony, Ideology, Authoritarianism, Hysteria, and the Universal Subject

Robert Samuels

Psychology / Movements / Psychoanalysis

Hamlet: Psychoanalysis, Ideology, and the Crisis of Modernity

This book offers a bold reinterpretation of Hamlet through five interwoven frames-ironic, ideological, psycho-social, emotional, and scientific-to reveal how Shakespeare's play speaks directly to today's cultural, political, and psychological dilemmas. Drawing on Freud, Lacan, Hegel, and Marx, the author argues that Hamlet is not only a metaphorical autobiography of Shakespeare but also a profound meditation on virtue signaling, neoliberal capitalism, melancholic subjectivity, and the modern quest for certainty. By combining close textual analysis with psychoanalytic and philosophical theory, this work proposes a new model for reading literature-one that uncovers the unconscious logic of ideology and the enduring relevance of Shakespeare's most enigmatic tragedy.

Robert Samuels is lecturer of writing at University of California, Santa Barbara.

Publication Date: 15 October 2026
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-13: 9798216450207
Format: Hardback
Page Count: 188
Weight (oz): 16.0

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