He holds PhD degrees in sociology and literary theory. His last book offers a discussion of the 1876 April uprising as an experiment at inventing a regime of sovereignty without a sovereign which is symptomatic of the advantages and deficiencies of the regime of sovereignty triumphing in the current age of imperial administration. Todor Hristov’s principal research interests are governmentality studies, critical theory and biopolitics. E-mail: todor_hristov@gbg.bg