Abstract
Chapter One: Does the Republic Have a Body? Chapter Two: Parliament as Body Politic House Seating Plans. 2.1 Does democracy have no images? 2.2 Basic parliamentary seating plans and how they came about. 2.3 The shadow of the king's body. 2.4 The parliamentarization of divine right doctrine. Chapter Three: Parliament as Body Politic Immunity, Publicity, Proportionality and Discontinuity. 3.1 Republican body-snatching. 3.2 'A degree of sanctity' parliamentary immunity. 3.3 The parliamentary puppet can speak! the question of public debate. 3.4 'A recognizable likeness of the populace' parliamentary proportionality. 3.5 Le parlement ne meurt jamais? Parliamentary discontinuity. 3.6 Farewell to the body of the people? Chapter Four: Democratic Bodies/Despotic Bodies. 4.1 Deputies and Doubles. 4.2 In corpore/in effigie (1). 4.3 In corpore/in effigie (2). 4.4 In corpore/in effigie (3). 4.5 Hot and cold representation. 4.6 Violent/thaumaturgic. 4.7 Dignitas/humanitas. 4.8 Disenchantment/Re-enchantment. Notes. Bibliography. Sources of illustrations.
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