Groundless Existence: The Political Ontology of Carl Schmitt

by Michael Marder

Book Overview

Groundless Existence discusses the implicit phenomenological and existential foundations of Schmitt's political philosophy. The book's unique contribution lies in its claim that Schmitt decisively breaks with the metaphysical tradition and predicates the political on the 'groundless' categories of existence, including risk, decision, and agonism. This argument is substantiated by both tacit and explicit existentialist and phenomenological underpinnings...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441180001
• ISBN13: 9781441180001
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"