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===Theoretical underpinnings===
===Theoretical underpinnings===
The term is both jocular and a serious poltical statement, a running theme in Infrared,


=====Premodern sovereignty=====
=====Premodern sovereignty=====
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=====The break from premodern sovereignty=====
=====The break from premodern sovereignty=====
Mercantile banks of Italy. Challengers of premodern rulers by change in material conditions. 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton. Hegelian/Zizekian concept of the fall.  
The beginning of the end for premodern politics started in the citystates of Italy. In Italy, forms of accumulation began to emerge that operated outside the feudal order. One such system was the various mercantile banks during the 14th and 15th centuries. Families like the Medicis began to deligitimize heriditary or religious claims to power by simply growing their wealth. 
 
Challengers of premodern rulers by change in material conditions. 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton. Hegelian/Zizekian concept of the fall.  


Machiavelli and Us, by Luis Althusser.  
Machiavelli and Us, by Luis Althusser.