LEADER 04375nam 22005535 450 001 9910255349603321 005 20200704021956.0 010 $a1-137-59168-4 024 7 $a10.1057/978-1-137-59168-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000861455 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-59168-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4720641 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000861455 100 $a20160917d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Problem of Political Foundations in Carl Schmitt and Emmanuel Levinas /$fby Gavin Rae 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (XX, 270 p.) 311 $a1-137-59167-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations for Works Cited -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Theology of Carl Schmitt?s Political Theology -- Chapter 3: The Political Aspect of Carl Schmitt?s Political Theology -- Chapter 4: Schmitt, Violence, and the Political -- Chapter 5: Schmitt, Sovereignty, and the Political Decision -- Chapter 6: Levinas and the Ethical Foundations of the Political -- Chapter 7: Levinas and the Face of the Ethical -- Chapter 8: Levinas and the Return of the Political -- Chapter 9: Prophetic Politics: Levinas and Political Theology -- Works Cited -- Index. 330 $aIn this book, Gavin Rae analyses the foundations of political life by undertaking a critical comparative analysis of the political theologies of Carl Schmitt and Emmanuel Levinas. In so doing, Rae contributes to key debates in contemporary political philosophy, specifically those relating to the nature of, and the relationship between, the theological, the political, and the ethical, as well as those questioning the existence of ahistoric metaphysical, ontological, and epistemological foundations. While the theological is often associated with belief in a fixed foundation such as God or the truth of a religion, Rae identifies another sense rooted in epistemology. On this understanding, the ontological limitations of human cognition mean that, ultimately, human truth is based in faith and so can never be certain. The argument developed suggests that Levinas? conception of the political is grounded in theology in the sense of religion, particularly the revelations of Judaism. For this reason, Levinas claims that the political decision is based on how to implement a prior religiously-inspired norm: justice. Schmitt, in contrast, develops a conception of the political rooted in epistemic faith to claim that the political decision is normless. While sympathetic to Schmitt?s conception of theology and its relationship to the political, Rae concludes by arguing that the emphasis Levinas places on responsibility is crucial to understanding the implications of this. The continuing relevance of Schmitt?s and Levinas? political theologies is that they teach us that, while the political decision is ultimately normless, we bear an infinite responsibility for the consequences of this normless decision. 606 $aReligion?Philosophy 606 $aPolitical philosophy 606 $aTheology 606 $aJudaism?Doctrines 606 $aPhilosophy of Religion$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E33000 606 $aPolitical Philosophy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E37000 606 $aChristian Theology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/1A3150 606 $aJewish Theology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/1A6010 615 0$aReligion?Philosophy. 615 0$aPolitical philosophy. 615 0$aTheology. 615 0$aJudaism?Doctrines. 615 14$aPhilosophy of Religion. 615 24$aPolitical Philosophy. 615 24$aChristian Theology. 615 24$aJewish Theology. 676 $a210 700 $aRae$b Gavin$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0745317 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910255349603321 996 $aProblem of political foundations in Carl Schmitt and Emmanuel Levinas$91486330 997 $aUNINA