莎士比亚笔下的爱与友谊

by Allan Bloom, 艾伦·布鲁姆, 马涛红 (Translator)

莎士比亚不仅是最伟大的英语诗人，也是西方思想大传统中伟大的政治哲人之一。在西方文教传统谱系之中，不断有学人将莎士比亚与柏拉图并举：莎士比亚戏剧以历史舞台为背景，深涉人世政治问题的底蕴，尤其是王者问题，一再激发后人掂量人性和人世的幽微，为后世探究何谓优良政制、审慎思考政制变革奠定了思想基础。

Genres: Shakespeare, Nonfiction

172 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Allan David Bloom was an American philosopher, essayist and academic. Bloom championed the idea of 'Great Books' education, as did his mentor Leo Strauss. Bloom became famous for his criticism of contemporary American higher education, with his views being expressed in his bestselling 1987 book, The Closing of the American Mind.

Reviews

[Anna Keating · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Friendship is a consequence of deliberate choice, whereas love is a kind of possession that requires so much faith, accompanied by a spectacular apprehension of the beautiful. A friend is good, while a beloved is beautiful. The beautiful has it all over the good in attractiveness. The appeal of the good is rational, that of the beautiful is passionate. Friendship is human, while love is divine."

"The terrible consequences of their love could have been avoided at many points if either lover had been moderate or reflective, but this would have been like cutting the wings of a bird and still expecting them to fly."


"What we lack [today:] is an imaginative obscenity."

[鴻標 劉 · Rating 5 out of 5]

莎士比亞是一位具備古典哲學思想的作家。他的筆下的愛慾正是在受馬基雅維利主義侵蝕下的現代性社會所越來越缺乏的。布魯姆也藉此批判了馬基雅維利主義。愛慾是人類最天然的善。

[Chris Berger · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book excerpted from Bloom's longer work "Love & Friendship," but the Shakespeare chapters contained herein stand well enough on their own that they make for an excellent self-contained study in their own right. Fascinating examinations of "Romeo & Juliet," "Antony & Cleopatra," "Measure for Measure," "Winter's Tale," and "Troilus and Cressida" offer stimulating and often profound readings of the romances and their insights in to love. A chapter on Prince Hal and the Knight Falstaff from the Henry plays throws an intriguing spin on those dramas and what they say about friendship.

[Lazarus P Badpenny Esq · Rating 4 out of 5]

Extracted, as I believe this is, from Bloom's broader study of love and friendship this suffers somewhat, lacking the thread of any clearly unifying thesis. Instead we are provided with some fascinating critical insights (I particularly enjoyed the Machiavellian aspects of Romeo and Juliet; the futility of Mark Anthony as he tries to reconcile love and imperial duty) as Bloom picks his way piecemeal through favoured parts of the Shakespearean canon.

[Andrés · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a specialist's book and considering that I have seen only one of the six plays involved, it proved difficult to follow sometimes. As is literary criticism's wont, the writing at times was airy and repetitive. Nonetheless, Professor Bloom's admiration for Shakespeare shines through throughout the book, especially in its conclusion.