Topics might include: ancient tyranny theory & Renaissance reinterpretation; apologist & reason-of-state traditions; tyranny in Islamicate & Ottoman traditions; colonial encounter; visual & juridical dimensions; gender & sovereignty. All disciplines & career stages welcome.
📜 CFP | Tyranny in Political Thought, Legal Culture & Image in the Renaissance World, ca. 1300–1700. Multiple panels at #RSA2027, sponsored by the RSA Discipline Representative for Legal & Political Thought. Selected papers will be invited to contribute to a co-edited volume.
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Tyranny was never simply order's antithesis — it was among its most persistent features, sometimes the force that order strained against, sometimes the force that held it together, and not always distinguishable from either.
