Carl Schmitt and Ahasver. The Idea of the State and the Wandering Jew

In this article the cultural effects and the specific reverberations in Carl Schmitt’s work of two literary figures emerging in vastly different cultural contexts in the 16th century, Leviathan and the Wandering Jew, are analyzed using a pair of discursive concepts – political theology and Midrash....

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Main Author: Galit Hasan- Rokem
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universität Freiburg 2008-08-01
Series:Behemoth : a Journal on Civilisation
Online Access:http://www.oldenbourg-link.com/doi/pdf/10.1524/behe.2008.0012