📚 2 Books mentioned in "How to Return Stolen Art | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 543" of Freakonomics Radio
Podcast: Freakonomics Radio
Episode: How to Return Stolen Art | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 543
Published on May 18, 2023
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
Hamlet
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He said they feel disjointed, like tearing the pages from William Shakespeare's Macbeth or Hamlet, wherein you might take the first act and then skip to the last act before pasting the pages on the wall and declaring it Shakespeare.
The podcast host, Stephen Dubner, references Nigerian artist Victor IhamaNor's description of the disorganized display of the Benin plaques, using William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' as an analogy to illustrate how the integrity of a story can be lost when presented out of context.
Macbeth
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He said they feel disjointed, like tearing the pages from William Shakespeare's Macbeth or Hamlet, wherein you might take the first act and then skip to the last act before pasting the pages on the wall and declaring it Shakespeare.
In this part of the podcast, host Stephen Dubner references Nigerian artist Victor IhamaNor's commentary on the chaotic display of the Benin plaques. He draws an analogy to William Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', illustrating how separating parts of a story can compromise its overall narrative coherence.