1st Edition
Creativity and Limitation in Political Communities Spinoza, Schmitt and Ordering
Introduction. Chapter 1 – The four elements of ordering. Chapter 2 – Spinoza: The Immanent Rationality of Order. Chapter 3 – Schmitt: The Theological Existentialism of the Borderline. Chapter 4 – The Four Elements of Ordering Revisited. Conclusion: Answering the Question of Ordering.
Biography
Ignas Kalpokas is currently a lecturer at LCC International University and Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania). He received his PhD from the University of Nottingham. His research and teaching covers the areas of international relations and international political theory, primarily with respect to sovereignty and globalisation of norms, identity and formation of political communities, political use of social media, and information warfare.
"Ignas Kalpokas’s carefully argued book shows us that political order is not a state of affairs, but a constant process of ordering. As he rightly argues, there is no final balance between creativity and limitation, and one cannot be privileged at the expense of the other. In short: we are never done with politics." - Lasse Thomassen, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Queen Mary University of London.
