Course
Workshop "The Portrayal of Politics"
- Thomas Fossen
- Bert van Roermund
- Date
- Friday 15 December 2017
- Time
- Location
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Academy Building
Rapenburg 73
2311 GJ Leiden - Room
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Workshop “The Portrayal of Politics”
“Political representation” means not only the representation of the people by authorised agency, but also the portrayal of political authority (or power, the state, the body politic) to those subject to it. However, in current political theory, the latter sense of representation receives much less attention than the former. What is involved in the portrayal of politics? How can it be imagined? How should it be conceptualized? What forms of political action does it involve? And how does it bear on the legitimacy of political authority? This workshop brings together historical and contemporary theoretical perspectives on this topic.
The papers will be pre-circulated. All participants are asked to read the papers in advance, as there will be only a brief introduction for each paper (10 minutes), followed by a commentary (10-15 minutes) and discussion (35-40 minutes).
Attendance is free of charge, but please register in advance to book lunch and to receive the papers.
To register please contact Karineke Sombroek by 1st December at c.w.sombroek@phil.leidenuniv.nl
Program
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9:30 |
Coffee/tea |
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10:00-11:00 |
Mónica Brito Vieira (York): “Re-imag(in)ing Leviathan” |
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11:00-12:00 |
Thomas Fossen (Leiden): "Portraying Power: How do Representations of a Regime Figure in Judgments of Legitimacy?" |
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12:00-13:15 |
Lunch
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13:15-14:15 |
Paula Diehl (Berlin): “The Body between Institutional and Descriptive Representation” |
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14:15-15:15 |
Bert van Roermund (Tilburg): “What is Bodily About the Body Politic?” |
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15:15-15:30 |
Coffee/tea
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15:30-16:30 |
Samuel Hayat (Lille): “The Parliament, the Emperor and the Party: varieties of popular embodiment. Representation after the 1848 revolution in France” |
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16:30-17:30 |
Peter Niesen (Hamburg): “Transnational Movements and Narratives of Constituent Power” |
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17:30 |
Drinks for all, followed by dinner for speakers and discussants
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Convenors: Thomas Fossen, Bert van Roermund
This workshop is funded by a Veni-grant from NWO, entitled “Critical moments: How do events affect how we should judge the legitimacy a regime?”