New School philosophy professor Simon Critchley argues that theatre and the arts in general are vital in helping societies understand and moderate endemic violence. Aeschylus’s “Oresteia” and Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” are particularly important.
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Drama Shows Us a Way Out of Violence
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Literature Fills Your Life with Color
Having literature always playing in the back of your mind causes the world to pulsate with meaning.
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