Transubstantiation as a normative process: James Joyce and Carl Schmitt in 1922

IF 1 Q3 SOCIOLOGY

Thesis Eleven Pub Date : 2024-04-05 DOI:10.1177/07255136241240082

Wojciech Engelking

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Abstract

The thesis that legal norms are rooted in theology is not new. It is worth considering, however, to what extent not only singular norms, but also models of normativity are the structural representation of theological concepts. In this article, I consider transubstantiation as one of such ideas. I analyse its place in two political theologies published at the same time (in 1922): Carl Schmitt’s Political Theology and James Joyce’s Ulysses. I argue that both thinkers used the idea of transubstantiation as a normative mechanism to deal with anomie that encompassed European societies after the First World War.

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作为规范过程的变体：詹姆斯-乔伊斯和卡尔-施米特，1922 年

法律规范植根于神学这一论点并不新鲜。然而，值得思考的是，不仅是单一的规范，而且规范性的模式在多大程度上是神学概念的结构表征。在本文中，我将 "变体 "视为此类概念之一。我分析了它在同时（1922 年）出版的两本政治神学中的地位：卡尔-施密特的《政治神学》和詹姆斯-乔伊斯的《尤利西斯》。我认为，两位思想家都将 "超圣体 "思想作为一种规范机制，以应对第一次世界大战后笼罩欧洲社会的反常现象。

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Thesis Eleven SOCIOLOGY-

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