From the king’s two bodies to the bourgeois democracy

This article is an exercise on historical reading based on philosophy, literature and psychoanalysis. It shows how Kantorowicz’ conception of the king’s two bodies, which appears in the medieval political theology and gains ground throughout absolutism, is subject to questioning since the beginning...

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Main Author: Julio Cesar Lemes de Castro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2010-12-01
Series:Esboços
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/esbocos/article/view/9266