Sovranità e crisi dello Stato : attualità della teologia politica
184-203 p.
The contemporary European and Italian political crisis show how the category of 'state of exception' may help the observer to understand the operation of western modern democracies, even if in these systems the problem of 'supreme power' is declined in a peculiar way. However, the contribution of Carl Schmitt to constitutional doctrine is not limited to the question of identifying the supreme power in the modern State: his main purpose in the development of 'political theology' was to show the deep roots of political and legal concept of the 'secular' age. Since western legal tradition id nowadays hardly questioned, updating Schmitt's legacy can suggest very appealing paths to explore political and legal problems of our time. [Publisher's text].
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ISSN: 2037-0520
KEYWORDS
- Sovereignty, state of exception, political theology, modern State, western legal tradition