The political discourse of Carl Schmitt : a mystic of order / Montserrat Herrero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herrero López, Montserrat, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schmitt, Carl, 1888-1985.

Schmitt, Carl.

Schmitt, Carl, 1888-1985. Nomos der Erde im Völkerrecht des Jus publicum Europaeum.

Political theology.

Political science--Philosophy--History--20th century.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>This book presents the idea of </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Nomos of the Earth</span><span> as the key idea that organizes the whole of Schmitt's discourse about politics.</span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Preliminary Note; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Biographical Sketch; Fiction and Reality: 1888-1920; The Discovering of the Political Spirit: 1920-1932; Political Action: 1932-1937; Times of Fear: 1937-1945; The Security of the Silence: 1945-1985; 2 Space and Nomos; Nomos of the Earth; Earth, Space, Order; The Political Relevance of the Nomos of the Earth; A Narrative of Land's Appropriation; The Geo-interpretation of History; 3 The Legal Science; Law and Power; Concrete Order Thinking; Phenomenology of Decision; Justice; 4 The Legal Order; Original Constitution

Positive ConstitutionIdentity and Representation; Exception; 5 The Concept of the Political; The Political; The Friend-Enemy Criterion; Phenomenology of the Enemy; War; 6 The Political Order; Legitimate Sovereignty; Political Unity; Political Pluriverse: The Grossraum Theory; Excursus: Statism and Antistatism in Schmitt's Positions and Concepts; 7 Precedents of the Political Theology; Theology of History; The Loss of Potestas Spiritualis; Determining the Concept of Sovereignty; Hobbes's Influence; Counterrevolutionary Influence; 8 Political Theology; Political Theology as a Field of Knowledge

SecularizationPolitical Theology as Structural Analogy; Political Theology in Praxis; The Schmitt-Peterson Discussion on Political Theology; Carl Schmitt's Political Theologies; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Works by Carl Schmitt; Other Works; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78348-454-3

1-78348-456-X