Staging Sovereignty: Theory, Theater, Thaumaturgy by Bradley, Arthur

Staging Sovereignty: Theory, Theater, Thaumaturgy

To become sovereign, one must be seen as sovereign. In other words, a sovereign must appear--philosophically, politically,...
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Staging Sovereignty: Theory, Theater, Thaumaturgy by Bradley, Arthur

Staging Sovereignty: Theory, Theater, Thaumaturgy

BD$87.63

Staging Sovereignty: Theory, Theater, Thaumaturgy

BD$87.63
Author: Arthur Bradley
Format: Paperback
Language: English

To become sovereign, one must be seen 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.

This 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.

Formally inventive and deeply interdisciplinary, Staging Sovereignty offers a surprising and original narrative of political modernity from early modern political theology to the age of neoliberal capitalism.

Author: Arthur Bradley
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 11/26/2024
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9780231217347

About the Author
Arthur Bradley is professor of comparative literature at Lancaster University. His most recent book is Unbearable Life: A Genealogy of Political Erasure (Columbia, 2019).

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