Is Shakespeare "universal"?

In the academy, it is generally accepted that there are no such things as "universal" human values that transcend time and culture. In a article on The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy website author Paul A. Cantor puzzles over why the historicist proposition that universal values don't exist is so at odds with his perception that people in various cultures, at various times, have found Shakespeare so important to their lives.

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