From the king’s two bodies to the bourgeois democracy

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
Subjects:
absolutismo, democracia, Kantorowicz, Lefort
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/esbocos/article/view/9266
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spelling doaj-33f4ab37a43d4020bf8f796327980a4c2020-11-24T23:54:52ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaEsboços1414-722X2175-79762010-12-01162212713810.5007/2175-7976.2009v16n22p12713871From the king’s two bodies to the bourgeois democracyJulio Cesar Lemes de Castro0PUC-SPThis 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 of modernity. In its place, the bourgeois revolutions propose the disincorporation of power (Lefort’s empty locus of power) and the unification of the social through the ideas of state and nation.https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/esbocos/article/view/9266absolutismo, democracia, Kantorowicz, Lefort
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absolutismo, democracia, Kantorowicz, Lefort
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title From the king’s two bodies to the bourgeois democracy
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title_full From the king’s two bodies to the bourgeois democracy
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publishDate 2010-12-01
description 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 of modernity. In its place, the bourgeois revolutions propose the disincorporation of power (Lefort’s empty locus of power) and the unification of the social through the ideas of state and nation.
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