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The Autonomy of the Political - Carl Schmitt's and Lenin's Political Realism (Hardcover)
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The Autonomy of the Political - Carl Schmitt's and Lenin's Political Realism (Hardcover)
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In contrast to sociological debates about the inherently violent
nature of modern politics, current political theory has little to
say about the place of force, violent conflicts, and coercive power
in politics. Bolsinger urges a reexamination of the political
thought of Carl Schmitt and Lenin since they conceptualized the
nature of politics as founded on force, domination, and conflict.
Bolsinger argues that a fresh look at these two thinkers may serve
as a remedy for the contemporary neglect of these "hard facts" of
political life. Much as one might reject their views as politically
dangerous or morally repulsive, political theory has to come to
terms with the problems they raised and the solutions they offered.
In conceptualizing politics mainly in terms of violence, struggle,
and power, Bolsinger explains that Schmitt's and Lenin's theories
represent central contributions to the realist or power politics
traditional in political thought. In focusing on the conceptual
relations between politics and armed conflicts and between power
and violence, he demonstrates how Schmitt and Lenin succeed in
constructing the specificity and autonomy of the political in
opposition to other spheres of social life. Bolsinger maintains
that realist political theory provides a valuable frame of
reference to understand the basic mechanisms of political change
and order. An important resource for scholars and students involved
with the foundations of politics, twentieth-century political
thought, and the relation between politics and violence.
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