Power in modernity : agency relations and the creative destruction of the king's two bodies / Isaac Ariail Reed.
"Isaac Reed's Power in Modernity aims to be a major contribution to social theory. It is a bold and innovative theoretical reimagining of power. Drawing on an eclectic range of ideas from across the humanities and social sciences, Reed rethinks the fundamentals of sociological theorizing of power-up...
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| Language: | English |
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press,
2020.
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| Physical Description: | xi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Power. Rector, actor, other
- Agency relations
- Dimensions of delegation and domination
- Binding performances
- Modernity. Agency, alterity and the two bodies of the king
- Performing the people's two bodies in the early American Republic
- Within and without the king's two bodies in London and Paris
- Power in modernity. Modernity as the creative destruction of the king's two bodies