Friendly Sovereignty : Historical Perspectives on Carl Schmitt's Neglected Exception by Ted H. Miller (2024, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherPennsylvania STATE University Press
ISBN-100271093382
ISBN-139780271093383
eBay Product ID (ePID)9065556511
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Number of Pages252 Pages
Publication NameFriendly Sovereignty : Historical Perspectives on Carl Schmitt's Neglected Exception
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
SubjectHistory & Theory, General, Political Ideologies / General, Political
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Political Science
AuthorTed H. Miller
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Reviews"Sovereignty is a major subject in discussions of politics today. Thanks to widespread interest in Carl Schmitt's writings, it figures in critiques of liberalism that stress the reality of violent extralegal action. Covering three political thinkers, Friendly Sovereignty directs our eyes to the dangers of nonviolent, 'friendly' forms of extralegality--favoritism, corruption, and mercy. It is a timely warning, born of the recognition that 'friendly sovereignty' has been a clear and present danger in recent U.S. politics." --Deborah Baumgold, author of Contract Theory in Historical Context: Essays on Grotius, Hobbes, and Locke, "When read as a diagnosis of a form of political corruption that is still very much with us, Friendly Sovereignty is a rewarding and important book" --Lars Vinx Perspectives on Politics, "Sovereignty is a major subject in discussions of politics today. Thanks to widespread interest in Carl Schmitt's writings, it figures in critiques of liberalism that stress the reality of violent extralegal action. Covering three political thinkers, Friendly Sovereignty directs our eyes to the dangers of nonviolent, 'friendly' forms of extralegality-favoritism, corruption, and mercy. It is a timely warning, born of the recognition that 'friendly sovereignty' has been a clear and present danger in recent U.S. politics." -Deborah Baumgold,author of Contract Theory in Historical Context: Essays on Grotius, Hobbes, and Locke, "Sovereignty is a major subject in discussions of politics today. Thanks to widespread interest in Carl Schmitt's writings, it figures in critiques of liberalism that stress the reality of violent extralegal action. Covering three political thinkers, Friendly Sovereignty directs our eyes to the dangers of nonviolent, 'friendly' forms of extralegality--favoritism, corruption, and mercy. It is a timely warning, born of the recognition that 'friendly sovereignty' has been a clear and present danger in recent U.S. politics." --Deborah Baumgold,author of Contract Theory in Historical Context: Essays on Grotius, Hobbes, and Locke
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal321.6
SynopsisOver the last one hundred years, the term "sovereignty" has often been associated with the capacity of leaders to declare emergencies and to unleash harmful, extralegal force against those deemed enemies. Friendly Sovereignty explores the blind spots of this influential perspective. Ted H. Miller challenges the view of sovereignty propounded by Carl Schmitt, the Weimar and Nazi-period jurist and political theorist whose theory undergirds this understanding of sovereignty. Claiming a return to concepts of sovereignty forgotten by his liberal contemporaries, Schmitt was preoccupied with the legal exceptions required, he said, to rescue polities in crisis. Much is missing from what Schmitt harvests from the past. His framework systematically overlooks another extralegal power, one that often caused consternation, even among absolutists like Thomas Hobbes. Sovereigns also made exceptions for friends, allies, and dependents. Friendly Sovereignty plumbs the history of political thought about sovereignty to illustrate this other side of the sovereign's exception-making power. At the core of this extensive study are three thinkers, each of whom stakes out a distinct position on the merits and demerits of a "friendly sovereign" the nineteenth-century historian Jules Michelet, the seventeenth-century political philosopher Thomas Hobbes, and Seneca, the ancient Stoic and teacher of Nero. Analytically rigorous and thorough in its intellectual history, Friendly Sovereignty presents a more comprehensive understanding of sovereignty than the one typically taught today. It will be particularly useful to scholars and students of political theory and philosophy., Over the last one hundred years, the term "sovereignty" has often been associated with the capacity of leaders to declare emergencies and to unleash harmful, extralegal force against those deemed enemies. Friendly Sovereignty explores the blind spots of this influential perspective. Ted H. Miller challenges the view of sovereignty propounded by ......, Over the last one hundred years, the term "sovereignty" has often been associated with the capacity of leaders to declare emergencies and to unleash harmful, extralegal force against those deemed enemies. Friendly Sovereignty explores the blind spots of this influential perspective. Ted H. Miller challenges the view of sovereignty propounded by Carl Schmitt, the Weimar and Nazi-period jurist and political theorist whose theory undergirds this understanding of sovereignty. Claiming a return to concepts of sovereignty forgotten by his liberal contemporaries, Schmitt was preoccupied with the legal exceptions required, he said, to rescue polities in crisis. Much is missing from what Schmitt harvests from the past. His framework systematically overlooks another extralegal power, one that often caused consternation, even among absolutists like Thomas Hobbes. Sovereigns also made exceptions for friends, allies, and dependents. Friendly Sovereignty plumbs the history of political thought about sovereignty to illustrate this other side of the sovereign's exception-making power. At the core of this extensive study are three thinkers, each of whom stakes out a distinct position on the merits and demerits of a "friendly sovereign": the nineteenth-century historian Jules Michelet, the seventeenth-century political philosopher Thomas Hobbes, and Seneca, the ancient Stoic and teacher of Nero. Analytically rigorous and thorough in its intellectual history, Friendly Sovereignty presents a more comprehensive understanding of sovereignty than the one typically taught today. It will be particularly useful to scholars and students of political theory and philosophy.
LC Classification NumberJC389.M55 2024
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