Prolegomena of the contemporary forms of political representation: the symbolic power to the power of symbolization

Abstract

This paper is part of the partial decoding of a particular aspect of political communication, which we named: political representation. This is, briefly, about all realistic representations, figurative, idealized, stylized political actors, in which they express the “symbolic power” and “power of symbolization”. The political power through his range of representations, “frozen images” and “vivid images”, always looking to point out “the spirits” and impregnate consciences. The images of political representations soothe political customs and sometimes exacerbate them. But all political power comes from a subtle economy of time and a total investment of space to build their representations.