The Concept of the Political
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The Concept of the Political is Carl Schmitt’s influential treatise that defines the political realm through the friend–enemy distinction and critiques liberalism’s attempt to depoliticize conflict.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Concept of the Political canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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political theory work ⓘ |
| argues |
that politics is about existential conflicts
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that the essence of the political is the distinction between friend and enemy ⓘ that the political is irreducible to ethics, economics, or aesthetics ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
decisionism
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sovereign decision ⓘ |
| author | Carl Schmitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
friend–enemy grouping
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the political as a distinct sphere ⓘ |
| claims |
that liberalism seeks to neutralize and depoliticize antagonism
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that the state is defined by the possibility of deciding on the enemy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| critiques |
liberal attempts to depoliticize conflict
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liberalism ⓘ parliamentary democracy ⓘ |
| defines | the political in terms of the friend–enemy distinction ⓘ |
| expandedEditionYear | 1932 ⓘ |
| field |
jurisprudence
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political science ⓘ |
| genre |
legal theory
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political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | The Concept of the Political (English edition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conflict and antagonism
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limits of liberalism ⓘ sovereignty and decision ⓘ state and politics ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century political theory
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Chantal Mouffe NERFINISHED ⓘ Giorgio Agamben NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacques Derrida NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ conservative political thought ⓘ post-structuralist political theory ⓘ radical democracy theory ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
friend–enemy distinction
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liberalism ⓘ political theory ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
the enemy as a public enemy
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the political as intensity of association and dissociation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Der Begriff des Politischen ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | continental political theory ⓘ |
| positionsOnLiberalism | anti-liberal ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Legality and Legitimacy
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Political Theology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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