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
subject linked to: Schmitt
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
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