to the webpages of my book on international relations as performance. The man in leotards above is Louis XIV. Presidents and prime ministers don’t wear leotards anymore, but they are still performing. This is what the book is about. There is not a lot of actual text to read yet, but I’m adding primary sources almost every day. Click on the tags below to read more.

Latest posts:

• Du Noyer, Anne Marguerite. Lettres historiques et galantes. Vol. 6. Paris: F. Seguin, 1790
• MELLEM PLIGTERNE
• KONGEN SOM BYGHERRE
• Dahlstrom, “World,” Heidegger Dictionary
• Vaneigem, De l’inhumanité de la religion, 2000

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