The Contemporary Relevance of Carl Schmitt Law, Politics, Theology [Paperback]

What does Carl Schmitt have to offer to ongoing debates about sovereignty, globalization, spatiality, the nature of the political, and political theology? Can Schmitts positions and concepts offer insights that might help us understand our concrete present-day situation? Works on Schmitt usually limit themselves to historically isolating Schmitt into his Weimar or post-Weimar context, to reading him together with classics of political and legal philosophy, or to focusing exclusively on a particular aspect of Schmitts writings. Bringing together an international, and interdisciplinary, range of contributors, this book explores the question of Schmitts relevance for an understanding of the contemporary world. Engaging the background and intellectual context in which Schmitt wrote his major works  often with reference to both primary and secondary literature unavailable in English  this book will be of enormous interest to legal and political theorists.

Editors Introduction, Matilda Arvidsson, Leila Br?nnstr?m and Panu Minkkinen;  I. Law;  1. Carl Schmitts Definition of Sovereignty as Authorized Leadership, Leila Br?nnstr?m;  2. Carl Schmitt and the Problem of Constitutional Guardianship, Lars Vinx;  3.  Political Community in Carl Schmitts International Legal Thinking, Markus Gunneflo;  4. Carl Schmitt and the Tyranny of Values, Juha-Pekka Rentto;  5. A Law without the Political: Carl Schmitt, Romanticism, and Friedrich D?rrenmatts The Execution of Justice, Panu Minkkinen;  6. Social Acceleration, Motorized Legislation, and Framework Laws, Carl-G?ran Heidegren;  II. Politics;  7. Law, Decision, Necessity: Shifting the Burden of Responsibility, Johanna Jacques;  8. Representation anl3„