Viral Politics: Jacques Derrida's reading of Auto-immunity and Carl Schmitt

dc.contributor.author	Johnson, Andrew	en
dc.contributor.department	Philosophy	en
dc.date.accessioned	2016-06-27T19:03:24Z	en
dc.date.available	2016-06-27T19:03:24Z	en
dc.date.issued	2010-05-01	en
dc.date.submitted	2010-05-01	en
dc.description.abstract	Since Jacques Derrida’s 1989 essay “Force of Law: the Mystical Foundations of Authority,” Carl Schmitt has been a perennial subject of Derrida’s political critique. I will argue that Derrida’s concept of auto-immunity is uniquely applicable to Derrida’s interpretation of Schmitt’s political philosophy. Therefore, my argument will consist of two interrelated but equally divergent parts; the digressive structure will attempt to mimic Derrida’s complex style of weaving opposed concepts into a coherent whole. First, I will demonstrate the many forms of Derrida’s concept of auto-immunity. Second, I will exhibit how this schema uniquely applies to Derrida’s criticisms of Schmitt and the contemporary state of politics.	en
dc.description.notes	Viral Politics: Jacques Derrida's account of Auto-Immunity and Carl Schmitt	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/msword	en
dc.identifier	eprint:448	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71512	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject.lcc	B1	en
dc.title	Viral Politics: Jacques Derrida's reading of Auto-immunity and Carl Schmitt	en
dc.type	Thesis	en
thesis.degree.grantor	Louisiana State University	en
thesis.degree.level	masters	en

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