The importance of cultural heritage in the interpretation of concept of social ataraxia: Shakespeare and Auden about Julius Caesar

Abstract

The political philosophy of antiquity, viewed from a number of perspectives, from sources of Roman law to works of art and discussions of great thinkers about them, is the basic field for exploring the notion of social ataraxia. The methodological superstructure whose source is the intangible cultural heritage was inspired by Wystan Hugh Auden's lecture on the Shakespearean tragedy of Julius Caesar, held on January 15, 1947 at the New School for Social Research, New York. Looking at the works of Shakespeare and Auden as intangible cultural heritage, in this paper we examine possible heritological approaches in an effort to determine the significance of these works in illuminating the phenomenon of social ataraxia.

Politička filozofija antike, posmatrana iz više perspektiva, od izvora rimskog prava do umetničkih dela i diskusija velikih mislilaca o njima, osnovno je polje za istraživanje pojma socijalne ataraksije. Metodološka nadgradnja, čiji je izvor nematerijalna kulturna baština, u ovom radu inspirisana je predavanjem Vistana Hju Odna o Šekspirovoj tragediji Julije Cezar, koje je održano 15. januara 1947. godine u New School for Social Research u Njujorku. Posmatrajući dela Šekspira i Odna kao nematerijalnu kulturnu baštinu, u ovom radu ispitujemo moguće heritološke pristupe u nastojanju da utvrdimo značaj navedenih dela u osvetljavanju pojave društvene ataraksije.