FIRST AND LAST EMPERORS

THE ABSOLUTE STATE AND THE BODY OF THE DESPOT

KENNETH DEAN

BRIAN MASSUMI

• Chapter 1: Introduction

• Chapter 2: The Elimination of Strength (Absolutism, the Body of the Despot, and the Rise of the Chinese Empire).

• Chapter 3: Postmortem on the Presidential Body (or Where the Rest of Him Went).

• Chapter 4: First and Last Emperors: Conclusion

• Key to Citations and Pronunciation of the Pinyin Transliteration System

• Bibliography

• List of Illustrations

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