Machthaber der Moderne: zur Repräsentation politischer Herrschaft und Körperlichkeit

Hair implants, the posthumous display of rulers' bodies, recording executions of overthrown dictators, or the visually perfect staging of potent bodies submitted to a regime of permanent fitness - working on the »spell of power« is still a crucial characteristic of the political present. This volume looks at phenomena of political representation from different cultural and social studies perspectives, combining theoretical treatises on charisma and the »magical residue« of political reign with case studies from different cultural spheres and periods

Hair implants, the posthumous display of rulers' bodies, recording executions of overthrown dictators, or the visually perfect staging of potent bodies submitted to a regime of permanent fitness - working on the »spell of power« is still a crucial characteristic of the political present. This volume looks at phenomena of political representation from different cultural and social studies perspectives, combining theoretical treatises on charisma and the »magical residue« of political reign with case studies from different cultural spheres and periods.

Cover Machthaber der Moderne -- Inhalt -- Vorwort der Herausgeber -- BEGRIFFE, MODELLE, THEORIEN -- Phönix und Falke. Zwei Modelle der Souveränität im Werk von Ernst H. Kantorowicz -- ›Rohe Zusammenstellung‹: Aby Warburgs Bilderatlas und die Unterzeichnung der Lateranverträge -- Das Volk zwischen Interessenpolitik und symbolischer Repräsentation -- WANDEL DER REPRÄSENTATIONEN AUF DEM WEG IN DIE MODERNE