Periodization and Sovereignty : How Ideas of Feudalism and Secularization Govern the Politics of Time.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Feudalism -- Chapter 1. Sovereign Subjects, Feudal Law, and the Writing of History -- Chapter 2. Feudal Law and Colonial Property -- Part II. Secularization -- Chapter 3. The Sense of an Epoch: Secularization, Sovereign Futures, and the ''Middle Ages'' -- Chapter 4. A Political Theology of Time: The Venerable Bede and Amitav Ghosh -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
By examining periodization together with the two controversial categories of feudalism and secularization, Kathleen Davis exposes the relationship between the constitution of "the Middle Ages" and the history of sovereignty, slavery, and colonialism.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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