Carl Schmitt

Political Theology II

The Myth of the Closure of Any Political Theology
Übersetzer: Hoelzl, Michael; Ward, Graham

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Published here for the first time in English, this is Carl Schmitt's last book.

Carl Schmitt is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important and influential political theorists of the 20th Century.

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Political Theology II is Carl Schmitt s last book. Part polemic, part self-vindication for his involvement in the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP), this is Schmitt s most theological reflection on Christianity and its concept of sovereignty following the Second Vatican Council. At a time of increasing visibility of religion in public debates and a realization that Schmitt is the major and most controversial political theorist of the twentieth century, this last book sets a new agenda for political theology today. The crisis at the beginning of the twenty-first century led to an increased interest in the study of crises in an age of extremes - an age upon which Carl Schmitt left his indelible watermark. In Political Theology II , first published in 1970, a long journey comes to an end which began in 1923 with Political Theology . This translation makes available for the first time to the English-speaking world Schmitt s understanding of Political Theology and what it implies theologically and politically.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 212mm x 138mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 234g
• ISBN-13: 9780745642543
• ISBN-10: 0745642543
• Artikelnr.: 25088114

Autorenporträt

Translated by Michael Hoelzl and Graham Ward

Inhaltsangabe

Editors' Introduction. Notes on the Translation. Guideline for the reader.
Introduction. I. The Myth of the Ultimate Theological Closure. 1. The
Content of the Myth. 2. Hans Barion's Critique of Political Theology. 3.
The Contemporary Significance of the Myth of Closure. (Hans Maier - Ernst
Feil - Ernst Topitsch). II. The Legendary Document. 1. The Genesis and the
Historical limits of the Matter. 2. Politico-theological Interpolation: le
roi règne il ne gouverne pas. 3. The Limits of the Matter and Question from
the Political Side: Monarchy. 4. The Limits of the Matter and Question from
the Theological Side: Monotheism. 5. Eusebius as the Prototype for
Political Theology. 6. The Confrontation between Eusebius and Augustine.
III. The Legendary Conclusion. 1. The Claims of the Conclusion. 2. The
Assertive Power of the Conclusion. Postscript. On the Current Situation of
the Problem: The Legitimacy of Modernity. Appendix: 'Peterson's conclusion
and concluding footnote.'. Index