Friendly Sovereignty : : Historical Perspectives on Carl Schmitt's Neglected Exception / / Ted H. Miller.

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....

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Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2023]
2022
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (252 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 A Survey of Sovereignty Concepts
  • Chapter 2 Michelet: Burying the Governments of Grace
  • Chapter 3 Michelet: Sovereign People, Political Theology, and Liberal Exclusion
  • Chapter 4 Hobbes, Decisionism, and the Friendly Exception
  • Chapter 5 Hobbes's Civic Theodicy: Leibniz, Suffering Innocents, and Prosperity of the Wicked
  • Chapter 6 Seneca's Friendly Sovereign
  • Chapter 7 Seneca and Rome's New Make-Believe
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index