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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instanceOf book ⓘ
political theory work ⓘ
argues that politics is about existential conflicts ⓘ
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 ⓘ
sovereign decision ⓘ
author Carl Schmitt ⓘ
centralConcept friend–enemy grouping ⓘ
the political as a distinct sphere ⓘ
claims that liberalism seeks to neutralize and depoliticize antagonism ⓘ
that the state is defined by the possibility of deciding on the enemy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
critiques liberal attempts to depoliticize conflict ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
defines the political in terms of the friend–enemy distinction ⓘ
expandedEditionYear 1932 ⓘ
field jurisprudence ⓘ
political science ⓘ
genre legal theory ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslation The Concept of the Political (English edition) ⓘ
hasTheme conflict and antagonism ⓘ
limits of liberalism ⓘ
sovereignty and decision ⓘ
state and politics ⓘ
influenced 20th-century political theory ⓘ
Chantal Mouffe ⓘ
Giorgio Agamben ⓘ
Jacques Derrida ⓘ
Leo Strauss ⓘ
conservative political thought ⓘ
post-structuralist political theory ⓘ
radical democracy theory ⓘ
mainTopic friend–enemy distinction ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
sovereignty ⓘ
notableConcept the enemy as a public enemy ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Political Theology ⓘ

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Carl Schmitt → notableWork → The Concept of the Political ⓘ
Carl Schmitt → notableWork → The Concept of the Political ⓘ
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friend–enemy distinction → coreIdeaOf → The Concept of the Political ⓘ
friend–enemy distinction → firstMajorPublication → Der Begriff des Politischen ⓘ
linked to: The Concept of the Political
Political Theology → followedBy → The Concept of the Political ⓘ
The Concept of the Political → hasEnglishTranslation → The Concept of the Political (English edition) ⓘ
linked to: The Concept of the Political
Legality and Legitimacy → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Concept of the Political ⓘ
The Nomos of the Earth → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Concept of the Political ⓘ
The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Concept of the Political ⓘ