Divine Democracy: Political Theology After Carl Schmitt

by Miguel Vatter

Book Overview

How secular are the political and legal concepts that underpin liberal democracy? Carl Schmitt first coined the term political theology to show the dependency of modern western jurisprudence and political science on Christian theological discourse, and in so doing criticized the claim to religious neutrality of liberal institutions. In this book, Miguel Vatter reconstructs how and why the discourse of political theology was adopted and repurposed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190942363
• ISBN13: 9780190942366
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"