Constitutional Theory: Schmitt after Derrida

Jacques de Ville (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

230 Seiten

2017
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-138-29378-6 (ISBN)

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This book advances a new reading of the central works of Carl Schmitt and, in so doing, rethinks the primary concepts of constitutional theory. In this book, Jacques de Ville engages in a close analysis of a number of Schmitt’s texts, including Dictatorship (1921), The Concept of the Political (1927), Constitutional Theory (1928), Land and Sea (1942), Ex Captivitate Salus (1950), The Nomos of the Earth (1950) and The Theory of the Partisan (1963). This engagement takes place from the perspective of constitutional theory and focuses specifically on concepts or themes such as sovereignty, the state, the political, constituent power, democracy, representation, the constitution and human rights. The book seeks to rethink the structure of these concepts in line with Derrida’s analysis of Schmitt’s texts on the concept of the political in Politics of Friendship (1993). This happens by way of an analysis of Derrida’s engagement with Freud and other psychoanalysts. Although the main focus in the book is on Schmitt’s texts, it further examines two texts of Derrida (Khōra (1993) and Fors: The Anglish Words of Nicholas Abraham and Maria Torok (1976)), by reading these alongside Schmitt’s own reflections on the positive concept of the constitution.

Jacques de Ville is Professor of Law at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa.

1. Introduction

2. The concept of the political

a. Polemios

b. Partisan

c. Self

3. Constituent power

4. Identity and representation

5. The concept of the constitution

a. Khōra

b. Crypt

6. Human rights

7. State, Groβraum, nomos

8. Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	04.06.2017
Reihe/Serie	Birkbeck Law Press
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	498 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	1-138-29378-4 / 1138293784
ISBN-13	978-1-138-29378-6 / 9781138293786
Zustand	Neuware