ABSTRACT
Despite their very pronounced political and theoretical differences, Jacques Derrida devotes three chapters to the texts of Carl Schmitt in his Politics of Friendship, in seeking a beyond to the traditional conception of friendship in the metaphysical tradition. In this text, Schmitt spells out the radical implications of his own analysis in The Concept of the Political, thereby dislocating the foundations of liberal constitutionalism. The focus in SAD will be on some of the main concepts and themes explored by Schmitt in Constitutional Theory, which intersect with the thinking of Derrida. These include: sovereignty; the state; the political; constituent power; democracy; representation; the constitution; and human rights. This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts covered in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book looks into the concept of constituent power as elaborated on by Schmitt in Dictatorship and Constitutional Theory.
