Giada Scotto

Étienne Balibar’s concept of the “politicalµ in a confrontation with Schmitt and Derrida. Sovereignty, exception, democracy

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Abstract

This article aims to investigate and question Étienne Balibar’s criticism of the liberal democratic configuration, by focusing on his reference to Carl Schmitt’s analyses and interpretative categories. Such a confrontation, however, by expressing an antithetical perspective with respect to that of the German jurist, will inevitably lead to a comparison of Balibar’s position also with Derrida’s one, who, like him, addressed the democratic issue by rediscovering and deconstructing Schmitt’s thought.

Keywords

  • Balibar
  • Derrida
  • Schmitt
  • democracy
  • sovereignty
  • deconstruction
  • revolution

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