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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Introduction

Paul Budra Clifford Werier

pp. 1-15

Abstract

In their Introduction to Shakespeare and Consciousness, Paul Budra and Clifford Werier position the collection as a response to recent scientific and cultural preoccupations with consciousness, discussing how such a category shift could lead to new insights about Shakespeare and his world. After placing the study of consciousness in the context of early modern theoretical considerations of inwardness, the Introduction describes the collection's division into four sections: (1) Consciousness, Cognitive Science, and Character; (2) Consciousness and Theatrical Practice; (3) Consciousness and the Body; and (4) Consciousness, Emotion, and Memory. In the following chapter summaries, the authors emphasize the collection's unique interest in fragmented and distributed consciousness, character and identity, notions of playing, temporal paradox, the instability of memory, heightened ethical sensibilities, and altered states.

Publication details

Published in:

Budra Paul, Werier Clifford (2016) Shakespeare and consciousness. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 1-15

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-59541-6_1

Full citation:

Budra Paul, Werier Clifford (2016) „Introduction“, In: P. Budra & C. Werier (eds.), Shakespeare and consciousness, Dordrecht, Springer, 1–15.