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Sensing the Nation's Law

Historical Inquiries into the Aesthetics of Democratic Legitimacy

Sarah Marusek editor Stefan Huygebaert editor Angela Condello editor Mark Antaki editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Published:12th Jan '19

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This book examines  how the nation – and its (fundamental) law – are ‘sensed’ by way of various aesthetic forms from the age of revolution up until our age of contested democratic legitimacy. Contemporary democratic legitimacy is tied, among other things, to consent, to representation, to the identity of ruler and ruled, and, of course, to legality and the legal forms through which democracy is structured. This book expands the ways in which we can understand and appreciate democratic legitimacy. If (democratic) communities are “imagined” this book suggests that their “rightfulness” must be “sensed” – analogously to the need for justice not only to be done, but to be seen to be done. This book brings together legal, historical and philosophical perspectives on the representation and iconography of the nation in the European, North American and Australian contexts from contributors in law, political science, history, art history and philosophy. 
 

ISBN: 9783030092467

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 456g

284 pages

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018