Modern Constitutional Legitimacy and Political Theology: Schmitt, Peterson and Blumenberg

Law and Critique - Tập 30 - Trang 67-89 - 2018
Nathan Gibbs1
1Department of Law and Criminology, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK

Tóm tắt

In this article, an important set of general themes will be examined in relation to the ongoing problematization of the legitimacy of modern constitutionalism within a body of work that largely draws on Carl Schmitt’s political theology. In particular, however, the themes discussed in this article will focus on the later, post-war stages of his work contained in the brief, but dense volume entitled, Political Theology II. This work involves a sustained confrontation with the theologian Erik Peterson and the historian of ideas Hans Blumenberg, a confrontation which helps to shed light on the broader significance of Schmitt’s work.

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