Cartesian Theaters Shakespearean Minds by Nathan Pensky HARDBACK 9781399556965

Cartesian Theaters, Shakespearean MindsFinding Descartes on the Early Modern Stage\nAuthor(s): Nathan Pensky\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Edinburgh University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edinburgh University Press\nISBN-13: 9781399556965, 978-1399556965\nSynopsis\nMost scholars of early modern English literature consider Cartesian rationalism to be a poor theoretical lens. Though Ren Descartes figures as one of the most important philosophers in the early modern period, and in the history of philosophy itself, he has received scorn from literary scholars of the Renaissance who have become skeptical of heroes of subjectivity. Cartesian Theaters, Shakespearean Minds challenges the commonplace dichotomy between Cartesian subjectivity and early modern material culture and reconsiders Descartes as a foundational figure in early modern literary studies. It corrects outdated readings by scholars that would position him as a champion of disembodied mind. Instead, Nathan Pensky argues th.