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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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2020]
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Political theology
Anno: 2020, Volume: 21, Fascicolo: 5, Pagine: 434-451 |
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Landauer, Gustav 1870-1919
/ Schmitt, Carl 1888-1985, Teologia politica
/ Anarchismo
/ Mistica
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| Notazioni IxTheo: | CB Esistenza cristiana KAH Età moderna KBB Area germanofona ZC Politica generale |
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Sovereignty
B Gustav Landauer B the impolitical B Anarchism B anarcho-mysticism B Carl Schmitt B Political Theology |
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| Riepilogo: | 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 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2020.1747811 |