Carl Schmitt and the Politics of Hostility, Violence and Terror

By Gabriella Slomp

Carl Schmitt's friend/enemy principle is exposed to in-depth philosophical analysis and historical examination with the aim of showing that the political follows hostility, violence and terror as form follows matter. The book argues that the partisan is an umbrella concept that includes the national and global terrorist.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023000251X
• ISBN13: 9780230002517
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"