Democracy and the politics of the extraordinary : Max Weber, Carl Schmitt, and Hannah Arendt

Democracy and the politics of the extraordinary : Max Weber, Carl Schmitt, and Hannah Arendt / Andreas Kalyvas.

Author/creator	Kalyvas, Andreas, 1967-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Description	x, 326 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subject(s)	Weber, Max, 1864-1920--Political and social views. Schmitt, Carl, 1888-1985--Political and social views. Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975--Political and social views. Pak Organization of Workers in Educational Research. Democracy. Political science--Philosophy.

Contents	Charismatic politics and the symbolic foundations of power : Max Weber -- Revisiting Weber's concept of the political -- Charismatic politics -- Disavowing charismatic politics -- The exception and constitutional politics : Carl Schmitt -- The popular constituent sovereign and the pure theory of democratic legitimacy -- Toward a theory of democratic constitutionalism -- The extra-institutional sovereign -- Taming the extraordinary : Hannah Arendt -- Extraordinary beginnings I : Arendt's critique of Schmitt -- Extraordinary beginnings II : Arendt's response to Schmitt -- The republic of councils : beyond democracy and liberalism? -- Conclusion: A democratic theory of the extraordinary.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-319) and index.
LCCN	2007033617
ISBN	9780521877688 (hardback)
ISBN	0521877687 (hardback)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	JC421.K358 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold