MACBETH: THE INABILITY OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE TO LEGITIMATE LEGAL-POLITICAL AUTHORITY
This article intends to study the theme of legal legitimacy from an interdisciplinary dialogue between the Philosophy of Law and the Shakespearean play Macbeth. We start from a study of the relationship between legal obedience and the power of persuasive discourse, which uses an exercise of symbolic violence. We will see how the fact that Macbeth abuses physical violence and has moral guilt for Duncan's murder prevents him from institutionalizing his condition as ruler.
MACBETH: THE INABILITY OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE TO LEGITIMATE LEGAL-POLITICAL AUTHORITY
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DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.2163202314084
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Palavras-chave: violence, power, authority, Shakespeare, legitimacy.
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Keywords: violence, power, authority, Shakespeare, legitimacy.
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Abstract:
This article intends to study the theme of legal legitimacy from an interdisciplinary dialogue between the Philosophy of Law and the Shakespearean play Macbeth. We start from a study of the relationship between legal obedience and the power of persuasive discourse, which uses an exercise of symbolic violence. We will see how the fact that Macbeth abuses physical violence and has moral guilt for Duncan's murder prevents him from institutionalizing his condition as ruler.
- Mara Regina de Oliveira
