/238/ Reading Club: Emergency Politics I (Extended Excerpt)

On Carl Schmitt's Political Theology (1922).

We ask why people are scared of sovereignty – as opposed to state power per se, and analyse what is significant about the way in which Schmitt defines sovereignty. And what is the meaning of 'political theology'?

And we discuss your questions. 

This is an extended excerpt of the first 30 mins of the episode. For the full thing, go to patreon.com/bungacast

Other links:

• The shibboleth of sovereignty, Martin Loughlin and Stephen Tierney, Modern Law Review, 2008 (pdf) 
• The Fed policy error that should worry investors, John Hussman, FT 
• The Death of the Central Bank Myth, Adam Tooze, Foreign Policy