CARL SCHMITT ON LIBERALISM, DEMOCRACY AND CATHOLICISM

THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE EVOLUTION OF SCHMITT'S THOUGHT DURING THE WEIMAR PERIOD. FIRST IT CONSIDERS SOME OF HIS PRE-1923 WORKS TO REVEAL SCHMITT'S CONSERVATIVE REVOLUTIONARY OUTLOOK. IT ARGUES THAT AT THIS STAGE OF HIS INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT HIS REJECTION OF LIBERALISM IS THE PARAMOUNT...

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Published in:History of political thought 1993-07, Vol.14 (2), p.281-300
Main Author: Cristi, Renato
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
CARL SCHMITT
Catholicism
Conservatism
Democracy
Dictators
Dictatorship
Legislators
LIBERALISM
Parliamentarism
POLITICAL HISTORY
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Political pluralism
Political Theory
ROMAN CATHOLICISM
Schmitt, Carl
Sovereignty
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Summary:THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE EVOLUTION OF SCHMITT'S THOUGHT DURING THE WEIMAR PERIOD. FIRST IT CONSIDERS SOME OF HIS PRE-1923 WORKS TO REVEAL SCHMITT'S CONSERVATIVE REVOLUTIONARY OUTLOOK. IT ARGUES THAT AT THIS STAGE OF HIS INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT HIS REJECTION OF LIBERALISM IS THE PARAMOUNT IDEA. IT THEN EXAMINES HIS "PARLAMENTARISMUS" IN WHICH HE RECONCILES HIMSELF WITH LIBERALISM AND CONCEIVES OF A POLITICAL FORM WHICH WILL NOT THREATEN THE UNITY OF THE STATE. IN THE CONCLUSION IT SETS OUT THE VIEWS THAT IT IS A NEW CONCEPTION OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSALISM WHICH ULTIMATELY MEDIATES HIS ACCOMMODATION WITH LIBERALISM.
ISSN:0143-781X
2051-2988