The Body Politic as a Category of Political Theology: Genesis of the Concept

The article examines the concept of the “body politic”, the hypothesis of its origin and development, as well as the concepts of its application in historical, legal, philosophical, religious, and political discourses based on the tradition of Western political theology. The methodology used by the authors is the descriptive approach of the history of concepts. The study aims to explicate the meanings of the concept of “body politic” in the historical context of the formation of the terminological apparatus of modern legal, institutional and appellative political theology. To achieve this aim, the authors strive to 1) clarify the scope of the concept of “body politic” as a “category of analysis” of political theology; 2) verify the data obtained on specific historical examples borrowed from the potestar imagology and the history of both Roman Catholic and English canon law; 3) trace the evolution of the concept of “body politic” in the context of the change of monarchical forms of government by the republican ones; 4) to trace the convergence of the historical-legal and philosophical-religious optics of historical analysis to clarify the processes of transformation and diffusion of lacunar ethno-confessional identities in the symbolic chronotope.

Keywords

methodology, Begriffsgeschichte, conceptual history, historical semantics, king’s two bodies, Pope’s body, Ernst Kantorowicz, Philip Manow, Reinhart Koselleck, potestar imagology, sacralization of power, ritual, ethno-religious identity, self-identification

Acknowledgment

This study has been supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research for the project (no. 21-011-44227): “Ritual mechanisms of ethno-confessional and religious-political self-identification in historical retrospect”.

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18.10.2021

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27.12.2021

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GOST	Davydov I., Haas M. The “Body Politic” as a Category of Political Theology: Genesis of the Concept // ISTORIYA – 2021. – V. 12. – Issue 12 (110). Part 2 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://history.jes.su/S207987840019351-5-1 (circulation date: 14.05.2024). DOI: 10.18254/S207987840019351-5
MLA	Davydov, Ivan, Haas, Michael "The “Body Politic” as a Category of Political Theology: Genesis of the Concept." ISTORIYA 12.12-2 (110) (2021) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840019351-5
APA	Davydov I., Haas M. (2021). The “Body Politic” as a Category of Political Theology: Genesis of the Concept. ISTORIYA 12(12-2 (110)) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840019351-5

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