Political Aesthetics: Carl Schmitt on Hamlet

Political Theology and the Theology of Politics: Carl Schmitt and Medieval Christian Political Thought1

In societies where religion plays a strong and important role, the institutions of the society reflect the religion. Yet in societies where religion plays a more secondary role to say that all political concepts are secularized theological concepts is an overstatement. While Carl Schmitt does make a persuasive argument on the role of religion in political thought, he is also mistaken. In this a...

Humanity or Enmity? Carl Schmitt on International Politics

This article reviews Schmitt’s analysis of international politics from the period of the Weimar Republic to the early years of the German Federal Republic. It highlights the importance of Schmitt’s opposition to Woodrow Wilson’s policies and ‘liberal’ universalism more generally for his understanding of and engagement with international politics. Confronted with the decline of the state (the En...

critique and deconstruction of the concept of political liberalism and the theory of carl schmitt

carl schmitt (1985-1888), is one of the most controversial legal and political thinkers and one of the leading theorists of the twentieth century. schmitt’s views can be criticized from some aspects: ignoring friends and enemies, reducing human and dominance of an individualistic perspective, de-politicization and de-humanization (loss of identity of the subject due to political suspension, eme...

Russia and Carl Schmitt: the hybridity of resistance in the globalised world

The rise of state dissidence has challenged the hegemony of Western liberalism on the international relations stage. Russia’s ongoing involvement in the Ukraine crisis is a case in point. Russia’s dissidence threatens not only the already fragile European order, but also the potency of liberalism as a system of international norms. Hence, a great deal of attention has been given to trying to de...

Some research notes on Carl A. Trocki's publication Opium, Empire and the Global Political Economy.