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The Invention of the Sovereign People
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The Invention of the Sovereign People
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How can the people rule if they are never gathered in one place and rarely speak with a single voice? In seventeenth-century England, Parliament began to justify its authority by claiming to represent a sovereign people. Political representation helped replace the divine right of kings with the consent of the governed, but it also created a lasting contradiction: the people were declared the owners of power while others exercised it in their name. A story about the invention of popular sovereignty, its necessary political fictions, and the enduring problem of controlling those who claim to represent everyone.
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