Hamlet

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani mentions Hamlet several times between 2016 and 2019, most often in passing. He first retains a few scenes: the prince contemplating Yorick's skull and addressing his father's ghost1. He also dwells on the madness Hamlet plays: acting the fool lets him be the only reasonable one in a rotten kingdom2. Most often, he links him to the philosophy of history. The father's ghost gives him a comparison for the return of Hegel, associated with the "old mole" of history3. He presents the play as the source of the exclamation "Well dug, old mole!", which he quotes in his afterword on Michel Clouscard and Frédéric Lordon4. Finally, he draws on Hamlet's last words to accompany an earlier editorial, in a session devoted to Saint John5. These mentions remain brief, and the play is not read closely.

1. 1Marx Plage 1/21 Feb 2016 · 6:23
2. 2Keller (Helen)15 Feb 2016 · 1:49:28
3. 3Hommage à Jacques D'Hondt (1)2 Aug 2016 · 48:27
4. 4« DOIT-ON SAUVER LE SOLDAT LORDON ? » - Postface de la réédition par Delga du livre Néo-fascisme et idéologie du désir par de Michel Clouscard1 Aug 2017 · 4:15
5. 5Saint Jean30 Jun 2019 · 3:38

Summary produced automatically from 5 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.