Shakespeare, Renan and Weber: an interdisciplinary study of the violence paradigm and what it means to law and the nation-state

Author(s):
Brouwer, R.C.G.
Published
2026
Publication type
Doctoral Thesis

Abstract

This study addresses the question how Shakespearean tragedy relates to legal science, state theory and the philosophy of law. What does violence, as shown in Shakespearean tragedies, have to do with the creation, maintenance, or demise of a nation-state and the rule of law?

ShakespeareViolence ParadigmNation-stateRule of LawTragic Existential CrisisLegal PrimitivismSeparation of PowerRenan and Weber
Defense date
2026-01-20
Language
English
Supervisor(s)
Cliteur, P.B.
Advisor(s)
Ellian, A.
Committee member(s)
Rijpkema, B.R.; Wilcox, H.; Mul, J. de; Slootweg, T.J.M.; Franssen, P.C.C.M.
Qualification
Ph.D.
Degree granting institution
Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Law, Faculty of Law, Leiden University, Leiden
hdl
1887/4289960
doi
10.60602/1887-4289960
ISBN(s)
9789464739695