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Political Theology - Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty (Paperback, University of Chicago Press ed)
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Political Theology - Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty (Paperback, University of Chicago Press ed)
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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 so that order can then be reestablished. Convinced that
the state is governed by the ever-present possibility of conflict,
Schmitt theorizes that the state exists only to maintain its
integrity in order to ensure order and stability. Suggesting that
all concepts of modern political thought are secularized
theological concepts, Schmitt concludes "Political Theology" with a
critique of liberalism and its attempt to depoliticize political
thought by avoiding fundamental political decisions.
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