Sovereignty (n.) is the power or authority of anyone to do something over and against something else: To decide over external things (a house, city , state) or internal things (the self, one's own passions).
Sovereignty (n.) cannot be represented: it lies in the general will, which admits no representation; it is either the same or other.
Sovereignty (n.) is the useless, senseless loss of excess energy, which can never be put to use.
Sovereignty (n.) is lost the moment we go looking for it: seeking subordinates the present to a later moment.
Sovereignty (n.) is absolutely revolutionary, yet a revolution that only reorganizes work and redistributes value still stays within restricted economy.