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Political Theology
Carl Schmitt
其他書名
Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty
出版
University of Chicago Press
, 2010-05-14
主題
Political Science / Religion, Politics & State
Political Science / History & Theory
Religion / History
ISBN
0226738906
9780226738901
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=wPkMd81Y0qUC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
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 and transcend legal order so that order can then be reestablished. Convinced that the state is governed by the ever-present possibility of conflict, Schmitt theorizes that the state exists only to maintain its integrity in order to ensure order and stability. Suggesting that all concepts of modern political thought are secularized theological concepts, Schmitt concludes
Political Theology
with a critique of liberalism and its attempt to depoliticize political thought by avoiding fundamental political decisions.