The Modern Problem of Political Sovereignty : Hegel's Post-Schmittian Solution.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feseha, Markos Haile.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831.

Schmitt, Carl, 1888-1985.

Sovereignty.

Philosophy.

Local Subjects:

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831.

Schmitt, Carl, 1888-1985.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2025.

Summary:

Both G.F.W.Hegel and Carl Schmitt took seriously the problem of political sovereignty.While Schmitt rejected liberal political theories that argue for the immediate unity of democracy and legality, Hegel claimed that the constitutional monarchy can maintain the division of the powers and their unity.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Title Page

Copyright

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Contents

List of Primary Texts and Information on Some In-text Citations

Introduction

Chapter 1 Schmitt's Critical Analysis of Parliamentary Democracy

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Schmitt's Critical Analysis of Liberal Political Theories: The Case of Rousseau

1.3 Schmitt's Critical Reflection on Liberal Parliamentarism: The Case of Burke, Bentham, Guizot, and John Stuart Mill

1.4 Schmitt's View on the Irreconcilability of Parliamentarism and Democracy

1.5 The Reception of Schmitt's Critical Analysis of Parliamentary Democracy

1.6 Conclusion

Bibliography

Primary Texts

Secondary Texts

Chapter 2 Schmitt's Theory of Politics and Its Limits

2.1 Introduction

2.2 A Historico-Philosophical Context of Schmitt's Theory of Politics

2.3 Schmitt's Critique of Liberal Totalitarianism

2.4 Schmitt's Theory of Politics

2.5 A Hegelian Critique of Schmitt's Theory of Politics

2.6 Conclusion

Chapter 3 Hegel's Critique of Classical Political Economy

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Adam Smith's Conception of Political Economy

3.3 Hegel's Critical Reflection on the Classical Political Economy

3.4 Prevailing Views on Hegel's Conception of the Sociality, "Logic" and Class Structure of Civil Society

3.5 Hegel's Conception of Corporations

3.6 Conclusion

Chapter 4 Hegel's Conception of the State

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Hegel's Critique of Liberal Conceptions of the State

4.2.1 Hegel's Critique of Rousseau's Theory of the State

4.2.2 Hegel's Critique of Montesquieu's Theory of the State

4.2.3 Hegel's Critique of Liberal Representative Democracy

4.3 Hegel's Conception of the State

4.3.1 Hegel's General Conception of the Legislative Power

4.3.2 Hegel's Conception of the Bicameral Legislative Power.

4.3.3 Hegel's Conception of the Monarchial Power

4.3.4 Hegel Conception of the Executive Power

4.4 Commentaries on Hegel's Conception of the State

4.4.1 Introduction

4.4.2 Commentaries on Hegel's Conception of Political Representation

4.4.3 Prevailing Views on Hegel's Defense of Constitutional Monarchy

4.5 Conclusion

Chapter 5 The Problem of Reconciling Popular Sovereignty and Liberal Representative Democracy: Hegel and Schmitt

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Hegel and Schmitt on Liberal Parliamentarism

5.3 Two Schmittian Perspectives on Hegel's Conceptions of Political Sovereignty

5.3.1 Introduction

5.3.2 Kervégan's Interpretation of Hegel's Conception of Political Sovereignty

5.3.3 Cristi's Interpretation of Hegel's Conception of Political Sovereignty

5.3.4 Critical Remarks on Schmittian Conceptions of Political Sovereignty

5.4 A Hegelian Perspective on Schmitt's Conceptions of Political Sovereignty

5.5 Concluding Remarks

Conclusion

Index.

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ISBN:

9783111720968

OCLC:

1559689841