Carl Schmitt and the Politics of Hostility, Violence and Terror
Gabriella Slomp
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Description for Carl Schmitt and the Politics of Hostility, Violence and Terror
Hardback. Carl Schmitt's friend/enemy principle is exposed to in-depth philosophical analysis and historical examination with the aim of showing that the political follows hostility, violence and terror as form follows matter. The book argues that the partisan is an umbrella concept that includes the national and global terrorist. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
Carl Schmitt's friend/enemy principle is exposed to in-depth philosophical analysis and historical examination with the aim of showing that the political follows hostility, violence and terror as form follows matter. The book argues that the partisan is an umbrella concept that includes the national and global terrorist.
Carl Schmitt's friend/enemy principle is exposed to in-depth philosophical analysis and historical examination with the aim of showing that the political follows hostility, violence and terror as form follows matter. The book argues that the partisan is an umbrella concept that includes the national and global terrorist.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230002517
SKU
V9780230002517
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99-15
About Gabriella Slomp
GABRIELLA SLOMP is Senior Lecturer in International Political Thought at the University of St Andrews, UK. After attaining her PhD at the LSE, she worked at the Universities of Swansea and Strathclyde. She is the author of Thomas Hobbes and the Political Philosophy of Glory, editor of Thomas Hobbes and has published numerous articles in the history of political thought. ... Read more
Reviews for Carl Schmitt and the Politics of Hostility, Violence and Terror
"Slomp offers a provocative analysis of Carl Schmitt's understanding of hostility and the partisan useful for those who are just now encountering his thought and those long acquainted with it... In thinking through Schmitt's account of hostility, Slomp provides a useful category for thinking about contemporary terrorism." - CHOICE