Creativity and Limitation in Political Communities - Spinoza, Schmitt and Ordering

List of contents

Introduction. Chapter 1 – The four elements of ordering. Chapter 2 – Spinoza: The Immanent Rationality of Order. Chapter 3 – Schmitt: The Theological Existentialism of the Borderline. Chapter 4 – The Four Elements of Ordering Revisited. Conclusion: Answering the Question of Ordering.

About the author

Ignas Kalpokas is currently a lecturer at LCC International University and Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania). He received his PhD from the University of Nottingham. His research and teaching covers the areas of international relations and international political theory, primarily with respect to sovereignty and globalisation of norms, identity and formation of political communities, political use of social media, and information warfare.

Summary

Providing not only a novel theoretical framework explaining the workings of democratic politics this book also offers a non-traditional reading of Spinoza and Schmitt. Going beyond the analysis of Spinoza and Schmitt, the author aims for a new theory of political action.

Additional text

"Ignas Kalpokas’s carefully argued book shows us that political order is not a state of affairs, but a constant process of ordering. As he rightly argues, there is no final balance between creativity and limitation, and one cannot be privileged at the expense of the other. In short: we are never done with politics." - Lasse Thomassen, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Queen Mary University of London.

Product details

• Authors: KALPOKAS, Ignas Kalpokas, Ignas (Vytautas Magnus University Kalpokas
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138747838
• ISBN: 978-1-138-74783-8
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Rethinking Political and International Theory; Rethinking Political and International Theory
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Political Ideologies, International Relations, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Political science and theory, Political ideologies and movements