Carl Schmitt and the politics of hostility, violence and terror

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Carl Schmitt and the politics of hostility, violence and terror

Gabriella Slomp

Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

  • : hbk

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Bibliography: p. 164-176

Includes index

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Description

Carl Schmitt's friend/enemy principle is exposed to in-depth philosophical analysis and historical examination with the aim of showing that the political follows hostility, violence and terror as form follows matter. The book argues that the partisan is an umbrella concept that includes the national and global terrorist.

Table of Contents

Introduction Continuity and Novelty, Clarification and Recommendations On Domestic Hostility The Partisan, or the Man of Exception Hostility: Historical and Conceptual Forms The Righteous Warrior Friendship: Domestic and International Final Thoughts

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