The Royal Remains: The People's Two Bodies and the Endgames of Sovereignty

by Eric L. Santner

Book Overview

"The king is dead. Long live the king " In early modern Europe, the king's body was literally sovereign-and the right to rule was immediately transferrable to the next monarch in line upon the king's death. In The Royal Remains, Eric L. Santner argues that the "carnal" dimension of the structures and dynamics of sovereignty hasn't disappeared from politics. Instead, it migrated to a new location-the life of the people-where something royal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226735362
• ISBN13: 9780226735368
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"