Gustav Landauer’s Anarcho-Mysticism and the Critique of Political Theology
This paper explores the anarcho-mystical thought of Gustav Landauer as a critical response to Schmitt's sovereign-centric political theology. It is argued that Landauer's thought effects a radical displacement of the concept of state sovereignty through autonomous forms of community, subje...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2020]
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Political theology
Jahr: 2020, Band: 21, Heft: 5, Seiten: 434-451 |
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Landauer, Gustav 1870-1919
/ Schmitt, Carl 1888-1985, Politische Theologie
/ Anarchismus
/ Mystik
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität KAH Kirchengeschichte 1648-1913; Neuzeit KBB Deutsches Sprachgebiet ZC Politik |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Sovereignty
B Gustav Landauer B the impolitical B Anarchism B anarcho-mysticism B Carl Schmitt B Political Theology |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This paper explores the anarcho-mystical thought of Gustav Landauer as a critical response to Schmitt's sovereign-centric political theology. It is argued that Landauer's thought effects a radical displacement of the concept of state sovereignty through autonomous forms of community, subjectivity and affinity. Central here, I argue, is his notion of mystical withdrawal and spiritual self-transformation. I develop some parallels here with recent interventions in Italian (im)political thought in which the representative capacity of sovereignty is called into question. I conclude by suggesting that anarcho-mysticism, as a critical engagement with political theology, not only broadens out this category, but offers a way of interpreting new forms of activism and dissent. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2020.1747811 |