The birth of territory / Stuart Elden.
Material type: TextPublisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, c2013Description: xi, 493 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780226202570 (pbk.)
- 0226202577 (pbk.)
- 320.12 ELD 23 010078
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I; 1. The Polis and the Khora; 2. From Urbis to Imperium; Part II; 3. The Fracturing of the West; 4. The Reassertion of Empire; 5. The Pope's Two Swords; 6. Challenges to the Papacy; Part III; 7. The Rediscovery of Roman Law; 8. Renaissance and Reconnaissance; 9. The Extension of the State; Coda: Territory as a Political Technology; Notes; Index.
Territory is one of the central political concepts of the modern world and, indeed, functions as the primary way the world is divided and controlled politically. Yet territory has not received the critical attention afforded to other crucial concepts such as sovereignty, rights, and justice. While territory continues to matter politically, and territorial disputes and arrangements are studied in detail, the concept of territory itself is often neglected today. Where did the idea of exclusive ownership of a portion of the earth's surface come from, and what kinds of complexities are hidden.
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