Carl Schmitt and the Politics of Hostility, Violence and Terror

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. 1. Introduction -- 2. Continuity And Novelty, Clarifications And Recommendations -- 3. On Domestic Hostility -- 4. The Partisan, Or The Man Of Exception -- 5. Hostility: Historical And Conceptual Forms -- 6. The Righteous Warrior -- 7. Friendship: Domestic And International -- 8. Final Thoughts -- Notes. Gabriella Slomp. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 164-176) And Index. 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. Gabriella Slomp investigates the connection between Concept of the Political (1932) where Schmitt introduced the famous friend/enemy principle and Theory of the Partisan (1963). Slomp argues that for Schmitt the partisan is an embodiment of the friend/enemy principle. The partisan is an umbrella concept that includes the member of the revolutionary total party of the Thirties, the resistance partisan of the Second World War, and the national and global terrorist. Although the phenomenon of the partisan precipitated the crisis of the state in the twentieth century, Schmitt saw one type of partisan as 'the man of exception' that can save the political. Slomp analyses many of Schmitt's most outrageous remarks such as the claim that 'civil war is the archetype of just war'. She also brings to light the constant engagement by Schmitt with two discourses: the self-interpretation of society and the existing canon of past political theory, notably Thomas Hobbes In this fascinating volume, Gabriella Slomp investigates the connection between Concept of the Political (1932) where Schmitt introduced the famous friend/enemy principle and Theory of the Partisan (1963). Slomp argues that for Schmitt the partisan is an embodiment of the friend/enemy principle. The partisan is an umbrella concept that includes the member of the revolutionary total party of the Thirties, the resistance partisan of the Second World War, and the national and global terrorist. Although the phenomenon of the partisan precipitated the crisis of the state in the twentieth century, Schmitt saw one type of partisan as 'the man of exception' that can save the political. Slomp analyses many of Schmitt's most outrageous remarks such as the claim that 'civil war is the archetype of just war'. She also brings to light the constant engagement by Schmitt with two discourses: the self-interpretation of society and the existing canon of past political theory, notably Thomas Hobbes Gabriella Slomp investigates the connection between Concept of the Political (1932) where Schmitt introduced the famous friend/enemy principle and Theory of the Partisan (1963). Slomp argues that for Schmitt the partisan is an embodiment of the friend/enemy principle. The partisan is an umbrella concept that includes the member of the revolutionary total party of the Thirties, the resistance partisan of the Second World War, and the national and global terrorist. Although the phenomenon of the partisan precipitated the crisis of the state in the twentieth century, Schmitt saw one type of partisan as 1the man of exception2 that can save the political. Slomp analyses many of Schmitt2s most outrageous remarks such as the claim that 1civil war is the archetype of just war2. She also brings to light the constant engagement by Schmitt with two discourses: the self-interpretation of society and the existing canon of past political theory, notably Thomas Hobbes Front Matter....Pages i-viii Introduction....Pages 1-20 Continuity and Novelty, Clarifications and Recommendations....Pages 21-37 On Domestic Hostility....Pages 38-56 The Partisan, or the Man of Exception....Pages 57-78 Hostility: Historical and Conceptual Forms....Pages 79-94 The Righteous Warrior....Pages 95-111 Friendship: Domestic and International....Pages 112-126 Final Thoughts....Pages 127-137 Back Matter....Pages 138-182