Dominus mundi : political sublime and the world order / Pier Giuseppe Monateri.
| Author/creator | Monateri, P. G. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Oxford ; London : Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ; Portland, OR : Hart Publishing, 2018. |
| Description | x, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Master of the world and the law of the sea -- The Christian empire as world order -- Political theology from Satan to legitimacy -- Demonological inversion and the birth of the leviathan -- Sublime dissolution. |
| Abstract | This monograph makes a seminal contribution to existing literature on the importance of Roman law in the development of political thought in Europe. In particular it examines the expression 'dominus mundi,' following it through the texts of the medieval jurists -- the Glossators and Post-Glossators -- up to the political thought of Thomas Hobbes. Understanding the concept of dominus mundi sheds light on how medieval jurists understood ownership of individual things; it is more complex than it might seem, and this book investigates these complexities. The book also offers important new insights into Hobbes, especially with regard to the end of dominus mundi and its replacement by Leviathan. Finally, the book has important relevance for contemporary political theory. With the fading of political diversity, Monateri argues 'that the actual setting of globalisation represents the reappearance of the Ghost of the Dominus Mundi, a political refoulé -- repressed -- a reappearance of its sublime nature, and a struggle to restore its universal legitimacy, and take its place.' In making this argument, the book adds an important original vision to current debates in legal and political philosophy. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-188) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Monateri, P.G. Dominus mundi. Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2018 9781509911769 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2018013678 |
| ISBN | 9781509911752 hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 1509911758 hardcover alkaline paper |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | KJA147 .M66 2018 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |