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The Constituent Power of Nature
Abstract This chapter explores whether the concept of constituent power can be extended beyond human agents and whether ‘nature itself’ can exercise such power. It questions whether the traditional understanding of constituent power, which is vested in human beings, is any longer sufficient in the face of the ecological crises of the ...openaire +1 more source
Machiavelli and constituent power: The revolutionary foundation of modern political thought
European Journal of Political Theory, 2017Filippo Del Lucchese
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From constituent to destituent power beyond the state
Transnational Legal Theory, 2018Kolja Möller
exaly
Representation and Constituent Power
Abstract This chapter explores the relationship between representation and constituent power as recast within constructivist approaches to political representation, from Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), through Claude Lefort (1924–2010), to the authors behind the recent representative turn in democratic theory.openaire +1 more source
Against reconciliation: Constituent power, ethics, and the meaning of democratic education
Power and Education, 2018Noah De Lissovoy
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The Aesthetics of Constituent Power
Abstract The ‘formless form-giving’ constituent power of the people raises not only vexing questions of institutionalization, legitimacy, and law but also aesthetic questions of visualization, representation, and form. Drawing from the example of the French Revolution, this chapter explores the debates around the aesthetics of popularopenaire +1 more source