| A Philosophy of Concrete Life: Carl Schmitt and the Political Thought of Late Modernity Contributor(s): Graeser, Andreas (Editor), Ojakangas, Mika (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 3039109634 ISBN-13: 9783039109630 Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P OUR PRICE: $116.28 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law - Philosophy | Movements - Existentialism - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 320.092 |
| Series: Berner Reihe Philosophischer Studien |
| Physical Information: 228 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Carl Schmitt's work - consisting of polemical moves in immediate intellectual and political contexts - is not usually thought of as forming a recognizable system. A Philosophy of Concrete Life challenges this interpretation. In this book, the author demonstrates that there is indeed a common metaphysical core passing through Schmitt's work as a whole. On account of this metaphysical core, the author calls Schmitt's thought a philosophy of the extreme , thus emphasizing its embeddedness in the late modern tradition of philosophical extremism from Kierkegaard to Foucault. Despite this strictly philosophical objective, however, the book is also a lucid presentation of all of Schmitt's central ideas and concepts from the 1920's to the 1960's, offering a comprehensible introduction to the work of this controversial political thinker. |