Jak odbudować państwo? Szekspira przedmowa do Lewiatana
How to Rebuild a Nation? Shakespeare’s Foreword to Leviathan
Author(s): Jan PawelecSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fundacja Świętego Mikołaja
Keywords: Shakespeare; Tempest; King Richard II; England; political body; political community; crown
Summary/Abstract: Shakespeare’s plays: King Richard II and The Tempest inspired the author to discuss political changes in the 18th Century England. The position of the king weakened due to the desacralization of the monarchy and the emergence of the political society. The Elizabethan concept of The King’s Two Bodies helped this situation. Dynastic continuity, the crown as a corporation and the dignity of the monarchy in England ensured its survival despite major political storms without such damage as in France.
Journal: Teologia Polityczna
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 5
- Page Range: 261 - 272
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Polish
