Theoria

In Part I, §3 “The Positive Concept of the Constitution,” discussing the principle that “the constitution in the positive sense originates from an act of the constitution-making power,” Schmitt notes, “Considered juristically, what exists as political power has value because it exists.” The general point Schmitt is making – and this general point concerns the [...]

Adam Kotsko is kindly posting his reading notes on the latest volume in Giorgio Agamben’s ‘Homo Sacer’ series to An und für sich. Il Regno e la Gloria is Volume 2, Part 2 of the saga – continuing where State of Exception (recall that State of Exception was originally billed as Volume 2) left off [...]

Apropos:
I believe that in Furet’s argument [the book in question is, in essence, an engagement with Furet's book on communism] I recognize the trace of a current of thought for which Leo Strauss’s work has been a source (or at least Strauss belongs to the current). This philosopher, who contributed so much to the restoration [...]

“Exclusive” to Theoria (and Long Sunday) – an excerpt (courtesy of the publishers) from Kelly Oliver’s recent book, Women as Weapons of War: Iraq, Sex and the Media (Columbia UP, 2007).
Ever since Eve tempted Adam with her apple, women have been regarded
as a corrupting and destructive force. The very idea that women can be
used as [...]

I’ve often wondered what it meant to “Support the Troops.” I see lots of cars with yellow ribbon (in Canada!?) magnets that say “Support the Troops” (some even cleverly incorporate a camouflage theme) on their bumpers, but they never tell me how – beyond the obvious step of likewise adorning my car – I should [...]