Year
2021
Publisher
ANU Press
Language
English
Pages
41
Last Update
15-Jun-2025
Keywords
Public Policy & Administration ; sustainability-discipline ; Environmental Studies ; Agriculture ; Engineering
n Samuel Beckett’s famous ‘tragicomedy in two acts’, the tragic tramps, Vladimir and Estragon, spend a good deal of time waiting for Godot and discussing their desire to see him. Godot never arrives, but he figures as potentially present. The absence of Godot is also about his presence and, at one level, the entire play can be read as a meditation on absence and presence. We only know of Godot’s intimation, and there is little by way of actualisation; however, the promise of his presence provides the backdrop against which all other activities occur. In this respect, he is a totalising influence...
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