 | Periodization and Sovereignty: How Ideas of Feudalism and Secularization Govern the Politics of Time Subjects: History -- Periodization; History -- Political aspects; Time -- Political aspects; Civilization Medieval; Civilization Modern; Sovereignty; Feudalism; Secularization; History -- Philosophy; Historiography -- Philosophy; 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. Kathleen Davis is Professor of English at the University of Rhode Island and the author of Deconstruction and Translation. |
