The Autonomy of the Political: Carl Schmitt's and Lenin's Political Realism - Rilegato

Bolsinger, Eckard

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ISBN 10: 0313316929 ISBN 13: 9780313316920

Casa editrice: Praeger Pub Text, 2001

Riassunto

In sharp contrast to dominant moral approaches to political theory, Bolsinger defends political realism as an analytically valuable type of political thought. Believing that current theories are inadequate for understanding the violent character of modern politics, he sets forth the lessons to be learned by reexaming the realist thinking of Carl Schmitt and Lenin.

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L'autore:

ECKARD BOLSINGER is a Lecturer at the Institute of Sociology, University of Hamburg. He has published various articles and book chapters on Carl Schmitt, Max Weber, and Niklas Luhmann.

Product Description:

In contrast to sociological debates about the inherently violent nature of modern politics, current political theory has little to say about the place of force, violent conflicts, and coercive power in politics. Bolsinger urges a reexamination of the political thought of Carl Schmitt and Lenin since they conceptualized the nature of politics as founded on force, domination, and conflict. Bolsinger argues that a fresh look at these two thinkers may serve as a remedy for the contemporary neglect of these hard facts of political life. Much as one might reject their views as politically dangerous or morally repulsive, political theory has to come to terms with the problems they raised and the solutions they offered. In conceptualizing politics mainly in terms of violence, struggle, and power, Bolsinger explains that Schmitt's and Lenin's theories represent central contributions to the realist or power politics traditional in political thought. In focusing on the conceptual relations between politics and armed conflicts and between power and violence, he demonstrates how Schmitt and Lenin succeed in constructing the specificity and autonomy of the political in opposition to other spheres of social life. Bolsinger maintains that realist political theory provides a valuable frame of reference to understand the basic mechanisms of political change and order. An important resource for scholars and students involved with the foundations of politics, twentieth-century political thought, and the relation between politics and violence.

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• Editore: Praeger Pub Text
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0313316929
• ISBN 13: 9780313316920
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 213