The politics of resurrection: responding to Carl Schmitt on law and sovereignty
There has been a recent resurgence of interest in the work of Carl Schmitt, the German jurist of the last century. This essay explores Schmitt's account of sovereignty within the context of his "political theology". It describes Giorgio Agamben's use of Schmitt's theory of s...
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Format: | Print Review |
Language: | English |
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SPCK Publishing
2009
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Theology
Year: 2009, Volume: 112, Issue: 870, Pages: 425-434 |
Review of: | Politische Theologie des Paulus / Jacob Taubes (Bullimore, Matthew) |
RelBib Classification: | NCD Political ethics VA Philosophy |
Further subjects: | B
Schmitt, Carl (1888-1985) Political theology
B Sovereignty B Agamben, Giorgio (1942-) B Book review B Resurrection B Christian politics |