{"product_id":"staging-sovereignty-theory-theater-thaumaturgy-paperback","title":"Staging Sovereignty: Theory, Theater, Thaumaturgy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArthur Bradley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo become sovereign, one must be \u003ci\u003eseen\u003c\/i\u003e as sovereign. In other words, a sovereign must appear--philosophically, politically, and aesthetically--on the stage of power, both to themselves and to others, in order to assume authority. In this sense, sovereignty is a theatrical phenomenon from the very beginning. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book explores the relationship between theater and sovereignty in modern political theory, philosophy, and performance. Arthur Bradley considers the theatricality of power--its forms, dramas, and iconography--and examines sovereignty's modes of appearance: thrones, insignia, regalia, ritual, ceremony, spectacle, marvels, fictions, and phantasmagoria. He weaves together political theory and literature, reading figures such as Plato, Aristotle, Montaigne, Leibniz, Kant, Hegel, Schmitt, Benjamin, Derrida, and Agamben alongside writers including Shakespeare, Cervantes, Schiller, Melville, Val?ry, Kafka, Ionesco, and Genet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFormally inventive and deeply interdisciplinary, \u003ci\u003eStaging Sovereignty\u003c\/i\u003e offers a surprising and original narrative of political modernity from early modern political theology to the age of neoliberal capitalism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eArthur Bradley is professor of comparative literature at Lancaster University. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eUnbearable Life: A Genealogy of Political Erasure\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia, 2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 26, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646726299750,"sku":"9780231217347","price":72.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/TfEEGqXUH99780231217347.webp?v=1779436226","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/staging-sovereignty-theory-theater-thaumaturgy-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}