Carl Schmitt's International Thought: Order and Orientation

246 Pages·2009·1.37 MB·English

by  William Hooker

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Carl Schmitt’s International Thought
An unrepentant Nazi, Carl Schmitt remains one of the most divisive
figuresintwentieth-centurypoliticalthought.Inrecentyears,hisideas
have attracted a new and growing audience. This book seeks to cut
through the controversy surrounding Schmitt to analyse his ideas on
worldorder.Insodoing,ittakesonboardhiscritiqueofthecondition
of order in late modernity, and considers his continued relevance.
ConsiderationisgiventothetwodevicesSchmittdeploys,theGroßraum
andthepartisan,andarguesthatneitherconceptlivesuptoitsclaimto
transcendorreformSchmitt’spessimistichistoryofthestate.Theauthor
concludesthatSchmitt’scontinuingvalueliesinhisprovocativehistorical
critique,ratherthanhisconceptualinnovation.
william hooker currentlyworksasalawyeratClifford Chancein
London. He previously researched and taught international political
theoryattheLondonSchoolofEconomics.

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Carl Schmitt s
International Thought
Order and Orientation
William Hooker
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For Arthur, my grandfather

Contents
Preface page ix
ChronologyofSchmitt’slife xiii
1 Introduction 1
2 Schmitt’s‘internationalthought’ 11
3 Unravellingsovereignty 34
4 Historiesofspace 69
5 Accelerationandrestraint 102
6 Großraum 126
7 Partisan 156
8 Conclusion 195
Appendix.CarlSchmittininternationalrelations:
abibliographicessay 203
Bibliography 218
Index 227
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