{"product_id":"tyrant-shakespeare-on-power","title":"Tyrant: Shakespeare On Power","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow does a truly disastrous leader – a sociopath, a demagogue, a tyrant – come to power? How, and why, does a tyrant hold on to power? And what goes on in the hidden recesses of the tyrant's soul?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor help in understanding our most urgent contemporary dilemmas, William Shakespeare has no peer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an ageing, tenacious Elizabeth I clung to power, a talented playwright probed the social and psychological roots and the twisted consequences of tyranny. What he discovered in his characters remains remarkably relevant today. With uncanny insight, he shone a spotlight on the infantile psychology and unquenchable narcissistic appetites of demagogues and imagined how they might be stopped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eTyrant,\u003c\/em\u003e Stephen Greenblatt examines the themes of power and tyranny in some of Shakespeare’s most famous plays -- from the dominating figures of Richard III, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Coriolanus to the subtle tyranny found in Measure for Measure and The Winter's Tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTyrant\u003c\/em\u003e is a highly relevant exploration of Shakespeare’s work that sheds new light on the workings of power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen Greenblatt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45261941014575,"sku":"9781784707606","price":799.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9781784707606.jpg?v=1777459143","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/tyrant-shakespeare-on-power","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}