Groundless Existence

The Political Ontology of Carl Schmitt

Dr. Michael Marder

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Continuum Publishing Corporation
16 September 2010

Social & political philosophy; Political science & theory; Political ideologies

Groundless Existence discusses the implicit phenomenological and existential foundations of Schmitt's political philosophy. The book's unique contribution lies in its claim that Schmitt decisively breaks with the metaphysical tradition and predicates the political on the 'groundless' categories of existence, including risk, decision, and agonism. This argument is substantiated by both tacit and explicit existentialist and phenomenological underpinnings of Schmitt's work, discussed here for the first time in book form.

The book provides an insight into the implications of Schmitt's thought reconceptualized in the light of contemporary political developments. An essential text for anyone interested in the political theory of Carl Schmitt, it offers a new reading of Schmitt's work against the double background of phenomenology and existentialism.

By: Dr. Michael Marder
Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 442g
ISBN: 9780826465955
ISBN 10: 0826465951
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 16 September 2010
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Marder is Ikerbasque Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz. He is the Associate Editor of Telos: A Quarterly Journal of Critical Thought and the author of The Event of The Thing: Derrida's Post-Deconstructive Realism (2009), Groundless Existence: The Political Ontology of Carl Schmitt (2010), Plant-Thinking: A Philosophy of Vegetal Life (2013), The Philosopher’s Plant: An Intellectual Herbarium (2014), Phenomena—Critique—Logos: The Project of Critical Phenomenology (2014), and Pyropolitics: When the World Is Ablaze (2015).

Reviews for Groundless Existence: The Political Ontology of Carl Schmitt

'Not only Schmitt scholars but also all those interested in the meaning of politics after deconstruction will find this book to be an indispensable text. A genuine must read.' - Gianni Vattimo and Santiago Zabala, authors of Hermeneutic Communism 'Groundless Existence is the new gold standard in Schmitt scholarship and an indispensable point of reference in political philosophy.' - Russell Berman, Professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature & Walter A. Haas Professor in the Humanities, Stanford University