EPISODE 81 - Marco Andreacchio on Shakespeare and Dante

About this episode

Chris Anadale interviews Marco Andreacchio about the philosophical aspects of Shakespeare and Dante.

Chris Anadale interviews scholar Marco Andreacchio about Shakespeare as a philosophical poet. Marco Antonio Andreacchio was awarded a doctorate from the University of IIlinois for his interpretation of Sino-Japanese philosophical classics in dialogue with Western counterparts and a doctorate from Cambridge University for his work on Dante’s Platonic interpretation of religious authority. He has taught at various higher education institutions and published systematically on problems of a political-philosophical nature. His monographs include Medieval Teachers of Freedom and two recent works on Shakespeare—The Passion of Reason (focusing on Hamlet and Midsummer Night's Dream), and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in Dante's Spirit. He is currently completing studies of various other Shakespearean plays rediscovered as Platonic Dialogues articulated in light of the rise of a modern world. Christopher Anadale is podcast editor for the Ciceronian Society and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland. His philosophy YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/christopheranadale Romeo and Juliet Book…

People in this episode

Host: Chris Anadale

Guest: Marco Andreacchio

Topics covered

• Shakespeare
• Dante
• philosophy
• political philosophy
• literature
• interdisciplinary studies

Keywords

• Shakespeare
• Dante
• philosophical poetry
• political philosophy
• literary analysis
• Platonic dialogues
• Hamlet
• Romeo and Juliet

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Illinois, Cambridge University, Ciceronian Society

Books & works: Medieval Teachers of Freedom, The Passion of Reason, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in Dante's Spirit, Romeo and Juliet

Places: Mount St. Mary's University

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