The Future of Political Theology and the Legacy of Carl Schmitt

Cerella, Antonio and Bradley, Arthur (2016) The Future of Political Theology and the Legacy of Carl Schmitt. Journal for Cultural Research . pp. 1-12. ISSN 1479-7585

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14797585.2016.1141837

Abstract

"Every power is transcendent; the Transcendent is power; every attempt to escape power is a way to seize power; every movement, which is directed to the prevention or limitation of power, is a seizure of power. It makes no sense and is very dangerous to oppose a political myth" (Schmitt, 1991, p. 180).
Behind these cryptic words, dated July 19, 1948, lies the ‘mystery’ of Carl Schmitt’s political theology. A complex problematic that has sealed the intellectual and political fate of the German jurist, and around which he has laboured for more than half a century.


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