FILO-3371 Seminario Schmitt: Teología Política

The course is about Carl Schmitt’s political theory. Work in the seminar will be advanced with the text Political Theology, a compilation of important works by the German philosopher, which include his concept of what is political (the friend/foe distinction), his vital space theory (Lebensraum), his critique of liberalism (close to that of Donoso Cortés, Bonald, etc.), the difference between normality and the state of exception, the relationship between legitimacy and legality, among others. The aim is to have a detailed discussion of this influential author’s theses, and to analyze their relevance regarding both national and international states of affairs in the present time.

Credits

3

Instructor

Arango Rivadeneira Rodolfo