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Monthly Archives: February 2007

On Bad Ways of Reading Schmitt

Carl Schmitt, I think, is more often cited than read (the same is truthfully said about Bodin, by the way – why do we cite the major theorists of sovereignty and power and rule without ever reading them? the only edition of Bodin’s Six Books of the Commonwealth presently in print in a reasonable edition [...]

Dissertation

Now that my proposal has been accepted, I need to begin working on the dissertation proper. My biggest fear heading into this project – the evidence being derived from my comprehensives and the proposal itself – is that the final product will become overwrought; that I’ll refuse to let it go. Last night I was [...]