| ID | 155164 |
| Title Proper | Schmitt’s Telluric Partisan in American entertainment media |
| Other Title Information | fantasies of resistance and territorial defence |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Schulzke, Marcus |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article explores the political significance of the narratives of partisan warfare that appear in American popular culture. I draw on Carl Schmitt’s concept of the ‘telluric partisan’ – a figure that fights outside the normative boundaries of conventional war in defence of a homeland and the traditional identities that are rooted in it. These fantasies provide a sense of moral clarity, promote national unity, characterise enemy aggression, and glorify traditional values. They establish a ready-made narrative that can be invoked to frame conflicts in terms of the heroic defence of an innocent and victimised people protecting themselves against foreigners and their dangerous ideologies. As I show, this call for popular engagement in war generally serves a conservative project of directing potentially revolutionary expressions of populism and vigilante justice into defence of family and the territorial status quo. |
| `In' analytical Note | Millennium: Journal of International Studies Vol. 46, No.1; Sep 2017: p.66-86 |
| Journal Source | Millennium: Journal of International Studies 2017-10 46, 1 |
| Key Words | Security ; Carl Schmitt ; Popular Media ; Carl SchmittMots-cléssécurité ; Médias Populaires ; Carl SchmittPalabras Claveseguridad ; Medios de Comunicación Populares |