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Dec 16, 2013 · By placing the motif of order at its heart, we contradict the popular belief that no unifying thread runs through the jurist’s oeuvre. Second, we argue that a trinity of thought is discernable in Schmitt’s writings comprising his political, legal, and cultural thought.
The central argument will be that there is a fundamental tension in Schmitt’s work, which is essentially a recognition that voluntarist theology leads to a radical metaphysical scepticism, the results of which are either self-legitimation or decisionism.
Carl Schmitt once defined himself as a theologian of jurisprudence. This chapter argues that his concept of political theology must be understood within the context of jurisprudence and not as a thesis concerning the use of religion within politics.
Sep 18, 2016 · The choice of values is a normless decision and is, therefore, one of the clearest expressions of the important role that faith plays in his thinking. While there are aporias in Schmitt’s thinking, these are not due to conceptual lacunae or mistakes in his analyses, but are integral to his thinking.
- Gavin Rae
- 2016
Nov 4, 2019 · If modernity no longer implies a secular outlook, and secularism, by definition, cannot generate any values beyond an indifferent tolerance of all belief, what role will religion play in the...
- Christo Lombaard
By distinguishing between “theology in the sense of divine revelation” and “theology in the sense of epistemic faith,” it argues that Schmitt's political theology is epistemic in origin.
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Mar 17, 2012 · If we accept the main thrusts of Schmitt’s thesis, then what implications does it possess for the ongoing claims to authority of the core texts of liberal constitutionalism—understood as disguised and unacknowledged religious texts, or at least texts with theological underpinnings?
