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Carl Schmitt and the Politics of Hostility, Violence and Terror.
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Carl Schmitt and the Politics of Hostility, Violence and Terror.

Author: Gabriella Slomp
Publisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Edition/Format:   Book
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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.
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Named Person: Carl Schmitt
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Gabriella Slomp
ISBN: 023000251X 9780230002517
OCLC Number: 488608156
Description: 182 p.
Contents: Introduction; Continuity and Novelty, Clarification and Recommendations; On Domestic Hostility; The Partisan, or the Man of Exception; Hostility: Historical and Conceptual Forms; The Righteous Warrior; Friendship: Domestic and International; Final Thoughts.

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