Modern People and Their Enemies: An Introduction to the Public Law Scholar Carl Schmitt: From the Library of Political Philosophy

Author: Liu Xiaofeng
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Political philosophy is a rather ambiguous concept today, and its position as an academic discipline in contemporary university departments is also somewhat awkward. For example, should political philosophy belong to the philosophy department or the political science department? Should it be housed in the law school or the college of liberal arts? Regarding this, we can perhaps only answer that political philosophy cannot be confined to a single discipline, nor can it be simplified into a single major, because, by its very nature, political philosophy is an interdisciplinary field. Political philosophy is an interdisciplinary field. Its topic range involves both morality, law, religion, customs, and even communities, nations, states, and their economic distribution methods, as well as gender, friendship, marriage, family, upbringing, education, and even literary and artistic expressions. Therefore, political philosophy possesses a characteristic that is not constrained by modern academic specialization. At its core, political philosophy is a concentrated expression of self-awareness and self-reflection within a political community. Chinese scholars at the dawn of the twenty-first century are fostering a new cultural consciousness, which will inevitably first manifest as inquiries into political philosophy. This series, "Political Philosophy Library," will provide a starting point for political philosophy research in China with a modest academic approach, promoting the gradual maturation of Chinese political philosophy.