Books by Paula Schwebel
Walter Benjamin and Political Theology, 2024
Tracing Walter Benjamin's convergences with, and divergences from, influential German legal theor... more Tracing Walter Benjamin's convergences with, and divergences from, influential German legal theorist Carl Schmitt, this edited collection contextualizes Benjamin's thinking in the intellectual currents of his time, while also placing him in dialogue with traditions and thinkers from antiquity to the present. At stake is whether Benjamin presents the possibility of a distinctive political theology-a question which the collection addresses without collapsing the tensions internal to Benjamin's thought.
Benjamin's thought has been a touchstone, explicitly or implicitly, in numerous efforts to conceive of a 'new' political theology that is not anchored in legitimizing and preserving power, but in justice and liberation. Benjamin interrogates the political-theological complex from what may be construed as a vantage point opposed to Schmitt. Whereas Schmitt excavates the theological elements in modernity in order to shore up liberalism's illiberal inheritance, Benjamin roots out these latent structures in order to dissolve them and liberate us from their oppressive legacy. This volume's multifaceted contributions explore why Benjamin has been such a fertile source for thinking about political theology beyond – and often against – Schmitt. Benjamin indicates how existing political theologies can be challenged or expanded. This book accordingly makes a wide range of relevant work available for study whilst also opening new perspectives on Benjamin's œuvre.
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German Stoicisms
Walter Benjamin’s analysis of the German Trauerspiel owes a significant, and as yet unexplored, d... more Walter Benjamin’s analysis of the German Trauerspiel owes a significant, and as yet unexplored, debt to Neostoicism. Benjamin makes numerous references to Stoicism and Neostoicism in his Origin of the German Trauerspiel. Nevertheless, the significance of Neostoic ideas for his analysis of the baroque plays has been almost entirely overlooked. Uncovering the influence of Neostoicism on Benjamin’s idea of the Trauerspiel would be of interest in its own right. But my focus in this chapter is on the importance of Neostoicism for Benjamin’s analysis of the representation of sovereignty in the baroque plays. Benjamin’s discussion of the sovereign hero in the Trauerspiel has attracted considerable attention, since it is the primary locus of his engagement with Carl Schmitt. By uncovering the Neostoic elements in Benjamin’s analysis of the Trauerspiel, I demonstrate that Benjamin’s portrait of the baroque sovereign rests on a fundamentally different metaphysical idea than Schmitt’s concept of sovereignty.
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Books by Paula Schwebel
Benjamin's thought has been a touchstone, explicitly or implicitly, in numerous efforts to conceive of a 'new' political theology that is not anchored in legitimizing and preserving power, but in justice and liberation. Benjamin interrogates the political-theological complex from what may be construed as a vantage point opposed to Schmitt. Whereas Schmitt excavates the theological elements in modernity in order to shore up liberalism's illiberal inheritance, Benjamin roots out these latent structures in order to dissolve them and liberate us from their oppressive legacy. This volume's multifaceted contributions explore why Benjamin has been such a fertile source for thinking about political theology beyond – and often against – Schmitt. Benjamin indicates how existing political theologies can be challenged or expanded. This book accordingly makes a wide range of relevant work available for study whilst also opening new perspectives on Benjamin's œuvre.
Papers by Paula Schwebel
Book Reviews by Paula Schwebel
Dissertation by Paula Schwebel
Benjamin's thought has been a touchstone, explicitly or implicitly, in numerous efforts to conceive of a 'new' political theology that is not anchored in legitimizing and preserving power, but in justice and liberation. Benjamin interrogates the political-theological complex from what may be construed as a vantage point opposed to Schmitt. Whereas Schmitt excavates the theological elements in modernity in order to shore up liberalism's illiberal inheritance, Benjamin roots out these latent structures in order to dissolve them and liberate us from their oppressive legacy. This volume's multifaceted contributions explore why Benjamin has been such a fertile source for thinking about political theology beyond – and often against – Schmitt. Benjamin indicates how existing political theologies can be challenged or expanded. This book accordingly makes a wide range of relevant work available for study whilst also opening new perspectives on Benjamin's œuvre.