{"product_id":"political-theology-four-chapters-on-the-concept-of-sovereignty-paperback-1","title":"Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarl Schmitt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the intense political and intellectual tumult of the early years of the Weimar Republic, \u003ci\u003ePolitical Theology\u003c\/i\u003e develops the distinctive theory of sovereignty that made Carl Schmitt one of the most significant and controversial political theorists of the twentieth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Focusing on the relationships among political leadership, the norms of the legal order, and the state of political emergency, Schmitt argues in \u003ci\u003ePolitical Theology\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003ePolitical Theology\u003c\/i\u003e with a critique of liberalism and its attempt to depoliticize political thought by avoiding fundamental political decisions.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarl Schmitt \u003c\/b\u003e(1888-1985) was a legal theorist, political philosopher, and the author of \u003ci\u003eLegality and Legitimacy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn the Three Types of Juristic Thought\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Political Romanticism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNomos of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRoman Catholicism and Political Form\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrisis of Parliamentary Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Concept of the Political\u003c\/i\u003e, the last available from the University of Chicago Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 116\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.48 x 6.72 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52714927194419,"sku":"9780226738895","price":46.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/aHJ3WE52cnZBN0JuRGlMQldHNG9zUT09_e29fcb2a-69f9-4071-98c4-fbda33bd0648.webp?v=1763586052","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/political-theology-four-chapters-on-the-concept-of-sovereignty-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}