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Philip Manow - In the King´s Shadow - 9780745647678 - V9780745647678
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In the King´s Shadow

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Description for In the King´s Shadow Paperback. It is commonly assumed that the rise of modern democracies put an end to the spectacular and ceremonial aspects of political rule that were so characteristic of monarchies and other earlier regimes. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218.
It is commonly assumed that the rise of modern democracies put an end to the spectacular and ceremonial aspects of political rule that were so characteristic of monarchies and other earlier regimes. The medieval idea that the king had two bodies - a mortal physical body and an eternal political body - strikes us today as alien and remote from our understanding of politics: with the transition from monarchy to modern representative democracy, the idea of the body politic was abandoned. Or was it?

In this remarkable and highly original book Philip Manow shows that the body politic, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745647678
SKU
V9780745647678
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Philip Manow
Philip Manow is Professor of Politics at the University of Konstanz.

Reviews for In the King´s Shadow
"Of value to specialists in the history of political theory and democratic institutions." Choice "Manow sheds fresh light on the pre-modern origins of our modern political institutions and practices and shows convincingly that all political power - including democracy - requires and produces its own political mythology." Orange Standard "This ... Read more

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