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Political Theology Today: 100 Years after Carl Schmitt

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  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.3 cm

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Almost 100 years have passed since Carl Schmitt gave his controversial definition of the sovereign as the one who decides on the exception in his by now classic Political Theology (1922). Written at a time of crisis, the book sought to establish the institution of sovereignty, not from within a well-functioning governing machine of the state in a situation of normality, but rather as the minimal condition of state order in the moment of governmental breakdown. The book appeared anachronistic already at its publication. Schmitt went against Max Weber's popular thesis defining secularization as a disenchantment of the world characterizing modern societies, and instead suggested that the concepts of modern politics mirrored a metaphysics originating in Christianity and the church. Nevertheless, the concept of political theology has in recent years seen a revival as a field of research in philosophy as well as political theory, as studies in the theological sub-currents of politics, economics and sociality proliferate.
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  • Title

    Political Theology Today: 100 Years after Carl Schmitt

  • Author

    Dean Mitchell

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

  • Published

    February 2023

  • Weight

    473g

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781350344518

  • ISBN-10

    1350344516

  • Eden Code

    5703759

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