Carl Schmitt's Institutional Theory

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-316-51138-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 170 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 403 g

In 1922, Carl Schmitt penned Political Theology, the celebrated essay in which he elaborated on the notorious theory that the heart of politics lies in the sovereign power to issue emergency measures that suspend the legal order. Ever since, Schmitt's thinking has largely been identified with this concept, despite him renouncing it over time. Offering a comprehensive analysis of Schmitt's writings, Carl Schmitt's Institutional Theory provides an ambitious, novel perspective on Carl Schmitt and his legal and political thinking. By delving into Schmitt's output over his decades-long career, Mariano Croce and Andrea Salvatore explore Schmitt's varied and developing thoughts on exceptionalism, societal pluralism and the law as the progenitor and enforcer of normality. Challenging dominant interpretations, Croce and Salvatore dethrone the false centrality of certain key texts, and instead provide a more unified, coherent account of his institutional theory from across his long and controversial career.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Croce, Mariano

Salvatore, Andrea

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. What is exceptionalist decisionism? Reinterpreting Political Theology; 2. Looking backward: Schmitt before exceptionalist decisionism; 3. How exceptionalist decisionism came about: Schmitt and coeval critics; 4. A fresh start: Schmitt and state pluralism; 5. Out of the exceptionalist quagmire: The notion of institution in Schmitt's thinking; 6. The politics of normality: Schmitt's concrete-order thinking; 7. Doing away with politics: Schmitt's juristic institutionalism; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Croce, Mariano
Mariano Croce is Associate Professor of Political Philosophy at Sapienza University of Rome. He held the post of Marie Curie Fellow at the Faculty of Law of the University of Antwerp, where is co-leader of the research line in kinship studies. His books include The Legal Theory of Carl Schmitt (2013, with Andrea Salvatore), The Politics of Juridification (2018), and The Legacy of Pluralism: The Continental Jurisprudence of Santi Romano, Carl Schmitt, and Costantino Mortati (2020, with Marco Goldoni).

Salvatore, Andrea
Andrea Salvatore is Associate Professor of Political Philosophy at Sapienza University of Rome. His books include The Legal Theory of Carl Schmitt (2013, with Mariano Croce) and Undoing Ties: Political Philosophy at the Waning of the State (2015, with Mariano Croce).