A Philosophy of Concrete Life Carl Schmitt and the Political Thought of Late Modernity |
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Author:
| Ojakangas, Mika |
Series title: | Berner Reihe philosophischer Studien Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-3-03910-963-0 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2006 |
Publisher: | Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $162.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionCarl 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.