| Groundless Existence: The Political Ontology of Carl Schmitt Contributor(s): Marder, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826465951 ISBN-13: 9780826465955 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $198.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - General |
| Dewey: 320.092 |
| LCCN: 2009051356 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (0.97 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Groundless Existence discusses the implicit phenomenological and existential foundations of Schmitt's political philosophy. The book's unique contribution lies in its claim that Schmitt decisively breaks with the metaphysical tradition and predicates the political on the categories of existence, including risk, decision, and agonism. This argument is substantiated by both tacit and explicit existentialist and phenomenological underpinnings of Schmitt's work, discussed here for the first time in book form.The book provides an insight into the implications of Schmitt's thought reconceptualized in the light of contemporary political developments. An essential text for anyone interested in the political theory of Carl Schmitt, it offers a new reading of Schmitt's work against the double background of phenomenology and existentialism. |
Contributor Bio(s): Marder, Michael: - Michael Marder is Ikerbasque Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz. He is the Associate Editor of Telos: A Quarterly Journal of Critical Thought and the author of The Event of The Thing: Derrida's Post-Deconstructive Realism (2009), Groundless Existence: The Political Ontology of Carl Schmitt (2010), Plant-Thinking: A Philosophy of Vegetal Life (2013), The Philosopher's Plant: An Intellectual Herbarium (2014), and Phenomena-Critique-Logos: The Project of Critical Phenomenology (2014). |