Author

Contributions

  • Schwab, George - Contributor
  • Strong, Tracy B. - Contributor

Publication

2010 - The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, No place, unknown, or undetermined

Language

English

Word Count

30,750 words, Guess

Page Count

123 pages

Physical Format

Electronic resource

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Classifications

  • DDC320.1/5
  • DDC320.15
  • LCCJC327.S3813 2005

Description

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.

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