{"product_id":"the-challenge-of-carl-schmitt-9781859842447","title":"The Challenge of Carl Schmitt","description":"Carl Schmitt's thought serves as a warning against the dangers of complacency entailed by triumphant liberalism. His conception of politics is a sharp challenge to those who believe that the blurring of frontiers between the left and right and the increasing mobilization of political discourse constitute great advances for democracy. Schmitt reminds us forcefully that the essence of politics is a struggle and that the distinction between friend and enemy cannot be abolished.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChantal Mouffe\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster. Her books include \u003ci\u003eThe Return of the Political\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHegemony and Socialist Strategy\u003c\/i\u003e (with Ernesto Laclau); \u003ci\u003eThe Dimensions of Radical Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGramsci and Marxist Theory\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDeconstruction and Pragmatism\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Democratic Paradox\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Challenge of Carl Schmitt\u003c\/i\u003e, all from Verso. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSlavoj Žižek\u003c\/b\u003e is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His books include \u003ci\u003eLiving in the End Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFirst as Tragedy, Then as Farce\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Lost Causes\u003c\/i\u003e, four volumes of the Essential Žižek, and many more.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50506528391442,"sku":"9781859842447","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_28540325-f810-45ad-a4b2-72f258090038.jpg?v=1730851162","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-challenge-of-carl-schmitt-9781859842447","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}