Hence, the tenets of liberal positive theory are opposed in Kahn’s book via the recourse to questions of state violence,…
Ground: Zero
sovereignty
Shared sovereignty
On October 21, at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, an interdisciplinary group of scholars from Europe,…
Not for the squeamish
Paul Kahn has written a remarkable meditation on Carl Schmitt’s Political Theology. A truly adequate response would undoubtedly require a…
Democracy under exception
I agree with Kahn (and with Schmitt) about the fact that political theory should leave room for decision and exception.…
Paul Kahn’s mis-prognosis of America’s social imaginary
As I argued in my previous post, there are indications that Paul Kahn subscribes to Carl Schmitt’s belief in the…
Political theology or political hierophany
In this book, Paul Kahn argues that political theology---as first defined by Schmitt---is not only a “polemical” discourse but also…
The political theology of freedom and unfreedom
Kahn has identified an ideal---the sacrificial ideal of freedom---that exists both as an ideal and at times in practice. And…
The perspective of the common
In liberal theory, essence is privileged over existence, reason over will, and endless discussion over decision. In political theology, things…
“Killing in the Name of. . .”
Ayça Çubukçu on state sovereignty and the political theology of humanitarian intervention with regard to the ongoing crisis in Libya,…
Asecular revolution
Why have I chosen the term “asecular,” and not, say, “non-secular” or “post-secular,” to describe the power manifested by these…