The Queen’s Two Bodies: Why metaphors matter – especially in a time of monarchical mourning
From the ‘head of state’, to the ‘public eye’, to the ‘arm’ in army and the ‘footmen’ who comprise it, as a metaphor, the body politic is a rhetorical device used to make political communities knowable as a human body. In these ways, the thinking and practice of politics is profoundly embodied and embodies political communities through metaphoricity…
When This Is Over: Reflections on an Unequal Pandemic
Amy Cortvriend, Lucy Easthope, Jenny Edkins, and myself (Kandida Purnell) have been working on ‘When This Is Over’ since early 2021 and are excited to announce that it will be coming out with Bristol University Press, Policy Press to mark the 3rd anniversary of the 1st UK Lockdown in March 2023. ‘When This Is Over’…
Dr Kandida Purnell 