| ID | 078485 |
| Title Proper | Humanity or Enmity? Carl Schmitt on International Politics |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Axtmann, Roland |
| Publication | 2007. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | 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 Ende der Staatlichkeit), Schmitt develops a concept of the political that is not tied in with the existence of the state. Schmitt embraces the fascist stato totalitario as a model for a 'qualitatively' strong state and the distribution of the earth into hegemonic Grossräume as the new nomos |
| `In' analytical Note | International Politics Vol. 44, No.5; Sep 2007: p531-551 |
| Journal Source | International Politics Vol. 44, No.5; Sep 2007: p531-551 |
| Key Words | Carl Schmitt ; Humanity ; Enmity, ; The Political ; War ; State ; Universalism |