Mónica Brito Vieira, Ph.D. (2005) in History of Political Thought, University of Cambridge, is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon and a Visiting Scholar at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge. She specializes in the history of political thought and contemporary political theory, and is the co-author (with David Runciman) of Representation (Polity, 2008).

• Introductory NoteList of FiguresAcknowledgementsAbbreviations and EditionsIntroduction1. Aesthetic RepresentationIntroductionResemblance vs. RepresentationRepresentations or Perceptual ImagesImages of GodThe Sovereign as ImageImages of SaintsThe Eucharist: Presence or Representation?Metaphors as RepresentationsThe Representation of Objects in PerspectiveConclusion2. Dramatic RepresentationIntroduction: Hobbes and the TheatreThe Man and the PersonThe World as StageDis/simulating with OthersActors and HypocritesReligious Play-Acting and the Power of Crowds‘Quixotic’ Personalities and Republican MenTheatre of PoliticsThe Powers of TheatreThe Politics of TheatreConclusion3. Juridical RepresentationIntroductionThe Elemental ViewRepresentation by FictionThe State as PersonRepresenting the Covenant into BeingThe Representativeness of the SovereignParliament as RepresentationThe Dangers of Subordinate RepresentationThe State’s Many GuisesConclusion4. Representation in TheologyIntroductionThree Persons as Three RepresentativesThree Persons as Three RolesRevisions in Response to Critics The Trinity as Political Analogy ConclusionBibliographyIndex

"Le livre de Monica Brito Vieira représente une contribution importante à la discussion contemporaine sur la conception hobbesienne de la notion de représentation. [...] Brito Vieira démontre de manière convaincante que la conception hobbesienne de la représentation ne peut se réduire à l’interprétation de son aspect juridique." Luka Ribarevic, Archives de Philosophie (2012) Vol. 75, No. 2, pp. 365-367.Knjiga Mónice Brito Vieire jedan je od najvažnijih doprinosa suvremenoj raspravi o Hobbesovoj znanosti o politici.Luka Ribarević, Politicka misao 47:1 (2010) 245-251.