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Kalyvas, Andreas, 1967-

Democracy and the politics of the extraordinary : Max Weber, Carl Schmitt, and Hannah Arendt / Andreas Kalyvas. - Cambridge, England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - x, 326 p. 24 cm.

Publ. a l'origine en 2008.

Charismatic politics and the symbolic foundations of power : Max Weber -- Revisiting Weber's concept of the political -- Charismatic politics -- Disavowing charismatic politics -- The exception and constitutional politics : Carl Schmitt -- The popular constituent sovereign and the pure theory of democratic legitimacy -- Toward a theory of democratic constitutionalism -- The extra-institutional sovereign -- Taming the extraordinary : Hannah Arendt -- Extraordinary beginnings I : Arendt's critique of Schmitt -- Extraordinary beginnings II : Arendt's response to Schmitt -- The republic of councils : beyond democracy and liberalism? -- Conclusion: A democratic theory of the extraordinary.

ISBN: 9780521133418 (pbk.) 0521133416 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2009502772

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA939156 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015116659 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Weber, Max, 1864-1920 --Political and social views.
Weber, Max, 1864-1920 --Et la science politique.
Schmitt, Carl, 1888-1985 --Political and social views.
Schmitt, Carl, 1888-1985 --Et la science politique.
Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975 --Political and social views.
Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975 --Et la science politique.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Pak Organization of Workers in Educational Research.
Pak Organization of Workers in Educational Research.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Democracy.
Democracia.
Power (Social sciences)
Poder (Ciencias sociales)
Political science--Philosophy.
Ciencias Políticas--Filosofía.

LC Class. No.: JC 421 / K14d 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 321.8