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| + | In ''The Concept of the Political'' (1932), Carl Schmitt writes: "the specific political distinction to which political actions and motives can be reduced is that between friend and enemy."<ref>Carl Schmitt. ''The Concept of the Political'', trans. Geroge Schwab. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996), 26.</ref> | ||
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| + | In his book ''Political Theology'' (1922), Schmitt presented a quite different, even contradictory logic of the political. | ||
| + | There the structural function of the exception - the sovereign's Godlike ability to declare a state of emergency and act outside the law - implies that the border between the law and lawlessness is permeable and, by extension, that hte realtionship of interiority and exteriority is unstable. | ||
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Revision as of 22:37, 5 May 2006
In The Concept of the Political (1932), Carl Schmitt writes: "the specific political distinction to which political actions and motives can be reduced is that between friend and enemy."[1]
In his book Political Theology (1922), Schmitt presented a quite different, even contradictory logic of the political.
There the structural function of the exception - the sovereign's Godlike ability to declare a state of emergency and act outside the law - implies that the border between the law and lawlessness is permeable and, by extension, that hte realtionship of interiority and exteriority is unstable.
References
- ↑ Carl Schmitt. The Concept of the Political, trans. Geroge Schwab. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996), 26.
