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Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty
Carl Schmitt
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Description for Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty
paperback. Written in the intense political and intellectual tumult of the early years of the Weimar Republic, this book develops the distinctive theory of sovereignty that made Carl Schmitt one of the most significant and controversial political theorists of the twentieth century. Schmitt concludes this book with a critique of liberalism. Editor(s): Schwab, George. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 178.
Written in the intense political and intellectual tumult of the early years of the Weimar Republic, Political Theology develops the distinctive theory of sovereignty that made Carl Schmitt one of the most significant and controversial political theorists of the twentieth century. Focusing on the relationships among political leadership, the norms of the legal order, and the state of political emergency, Schmitt argues in Political Theology that legal order ultimately rests upon the decisions of the sovereign. According to Schmitt, only the sovereign can meet the needs of an exceptional time and transcend legal order ... Read more
Written in the intense political and intellectual tumult of the early years of the Weimar Republic, Political Theology develops the distinctive theory of sovereignty that made Carl Schmitt one of the most significant and controversial political theorists of the twentieth century. Focusing on the relationships among political leadership, the norms of the legal order, and the state of political emergency, Schmitt argues in Political Theology that legal order ultimately rests upon the decisions of the sovereign. According to Schmitt, only the sovereign can meet the needs of an exceptional time and transcend legal order ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
116
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
178g
Number of Pages
116
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226738895
SKU
V9780226738895
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About Carl Schmitt
Carl Schmitt (1888-1985) was a legal theorist, political philosopher, and the author of Legality and Legitimacy, On the Three Types of Juristic Thought, Political Romanticism, Nomos of the Earth, Roman Catholicism and Political Form, Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy, and The Concept of the Political, the last available from the University of Chicago Press.
Reviews for Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty
Political Theology is about the nature, and thus about the prerogatives, of sovereign political authority in the West.... It is perhaps the piece that best serves as an introduction to Schmitt's thought. - from the Foreword by Tracy B. Strong