Questions of authority are perennial. Authority has been and still
is a key topic in many studies of history, society, literature, and
religion, just as it is a key issue in contemporary societies. In
spite of the scholarly attention, authority continues to have an
elusive quality. Reframing Authority provides new perspectives by
focusing on the role of materiality and media for questions of
authority, as well as on the changing roles of authority
historically and cross-culturally. The volume argues that forms of
mediation and materiality are crucial in any constitution,
contestation, or transformation of authority. New understanding of
authority can be gained by focusing on materiality and media in
situations where authority is created, contested, or transformed in
different historical eras and cultures. As the in-depth historical
case studies show, authority is dependent upon a range of media and
materiality forms - objects, paraphernalia, spaces and spatial
practices, visual culture, literary forms, technologies, and
bodies. Thus, authority is vulnerable and in need of continual
maintenance, as struggles against, negotiations of, and
transformations within authority constellations demonstrate.
Reframing Authority demonstrates the fundamental relational nature
of authority, makes a contribution to broader debates in the human
sciences and offers a long historical perspective, ranging from
ancient Rome and Christianity, to medieval literature, the early
modern, modern, and contemporary eras in Asia, the Middle East,
Western Europe, Mexico and the US.
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