The Paradox of the Political
Carl Schmitt's Autonomous Account of Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3971862 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Moore (0000-0002-9820-9317, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 721-734 |
| Publication date | 2010-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The European Legacy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1084-8770 • E-ISSN: 1470-1316 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10848770.2010.517248 |
| OpenAlex | W2070477811 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Carl Schmitt's Concept of the Political advances an understanding of the political in which the political is assessed in terms of the autonomy of the friend-and-enemy distinction. This article questions the autonomous foundations of Schmitt's concept of the political. Ultimately, Schmitt's desire to establish the autonomous nature of the political, allowing the specifically political antithesis to achieve mastery over all other forms of discourse, is replete with paradox. Whilst Schmitt endeavours to establish the autonomy of the politicalwhere the political is free from interference from other domainsit is argued that his account of the political is highly dependent on the state. More critically, Schmitt's depiction of the political as autonomous is a strategic manoeuvre to establish the autonomy of the domain of the political vis-a-vis other conceptual domains
Autonomy · Epistemology · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Sociology · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Marxism and Critical Theory · Philosophy · Political Theology and Sovereignty
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2020 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |