Tragedy, the Greeks and Us: Simon Critchley and Shahidha Bari
Simon Critchley and Shahidha Bari on why the Greek Tradedies remain so relevant to modern times
London Review Bookshop Podcast
August 28, 201956m 0s
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Show Notes
At the New School in New York, where Simon Critchley teaches, ‘Critchley on Tragedy’ is one of the most consistently oversubscribed courses. Now, in Tragedy, the Greeks and Us (Profile) he explains, in often surprising ways, why Greek Tragedies remain so compellingly relevant to modern times, in the way they confront us with things about ourselves we don’t want to believe, but are nevertheless true. Critchley was in conversation with Shahidha Bari, Senior Lecturer in Romanticism at Queen Mary, University of London.
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