'A fascinating collection of essays that explores the systematic and historical dimensions of sovereignty, the concept which distills the polemical claim to unity of modern polities.' Hans Lindahl, Chair of Legal Philosophy, Tilburg University and Chair of Global Law, Queen Mary University of London
List of contributors; Preface; Introduction: sovereignty in action Bas Leijssenaar and Neil Walker; Part I. Theory in History: 1. Post-sovereignty? Dieter Grimm; 2. When sovereigns stir Neil Walker; 3. The people as popular manifestation Jason Frank; 4. Sovereignty, action, autonomy Raf Geenens; Part II. History of Theory: 5. Liberal governmentality and the political theology of constitutionalism Miguel Vatter; 6. Popular sovereignty: the people's two bodies Pasquale Pasquino; 7. Nations against the people. Whose sovereign power? Olga Bashkina; 8. A positive or negative conception of sovereignty? Marcel Gauchet, Benjamin Constant and liberal democracy Nora Timmermans; 9. Political idolatry: the relation of Schmitt's two claims in Political Theology Stephanie Frank; Index.
