"Sovereignty in premodern times evoked the dynastic figure of the 'sovereign' or territorial monarch. In modern times, it became a more abstract idea, referring to the power of the state, later of the people or 'the popular sovereign' as articulated and refined through constitutional arrangements. Today these inherited understandings of sovereignty confront various new challenges, including those of globalization, privatization of power, ..."
The Democratic Sublime On Aesthetics and Popular Assembly by Jason A. Frank 256 Pages, Published 2021 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-065818-2, ISBN: 0-19-065818-5
Divine Democracy Political Theology after Carl Schmitt by Miguel Vatter 304 Pages, Published 2020 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-094237-3, ISBN: 0-19-094237-1