Who speaks? Renegotiating Sovereign and Metaphisical discourses in Politics and Law|vol. 3 n. 2 2016

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WHO SPEAKS? RENEGOTIATING SOVEREIGN AND METAPHYSICAL DISCOURSES IN POLITICS AND LAW

Elisabetta R. Bertolino (Università degli Studi di Palermo)

 

Resumen: The article deals with the theme of the subject in politics and law, which is essentially also the theme of who speaks. A focus on the voice is regarded here as paramount. It is assumed that the current subject of politics and law is a cut subject, divested of the body and oneself, construed as a vertical, autonomous, independent and self-coherent individual who has no body but only righteous relations to the others and the community around. It is a subject that has been split and essentialised into sovereign and metaphysical ideas.

 

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