The Tragic Representation of the Prince: The Political Theology of Ernst kantorowicz and the Theatricality of Absolutism Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Ernst Kantorowicz' famous study about the theories underlying early Modern absolutism - "The King's Two Bodies" - implied a shift of paradigm about the nature of political theory itself. Not only by connecting the claim for absolute (absolutist) sovereignty with theological dogmatics, but equally by demonstrating how important performance practices and theatricality were to this claim. As a performance, modern rule by absolute sovereigns, was ...