Abstract
This chapter reflects on the way in which Carl Schmitt, in Nomos of the Earth, constructs the image of the sea as an antithetical space beyond society, a vision that contrasts with the markable and boundable spaces of land. Through an engagement with Lagrangian fluid dynamic modeling techniques, I suggest that Schmitt's perspective on both land and sea is based on a terracentric perspective on space that is inordinately biased toward settlement in points that are fixed in both space and time. The chapter concludes by suggesting that an alternate global ontology, founded in the fluidity of the sea, might provide a better foundation for understanding a world characterized by global connections.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Spatiality, Sovereignty and Carl Schmitt |
Subtitle of host publication | Geographies of the Nomos |
Editors | Stephen Legg |
Place of Publication | London |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 268-275 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-0203815823 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-0415522861, 978-0415600675 |
Publication status | Published - 13 May 2011 |