The Scaffolding of Sovereignty: Global and Aesthetic Perspectives on the History of a Concept

Book Overview

What is sovereignty? Often taken for granted or seen as the ideology of European states vying for supremacy and conquest, the concept of sovereignty remains underexamined both in the history of its practices and in its aesthetic and intellectual underpinnings. Using global intellectual history as a bridge between approaches, periods, and areas, The Scaffolding of Sovereignty deploys a comparative and theoretically rich conception of sovereignty...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231029292
• ISBN13: 9780231029292
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.8"