Carl Schmitt
German legal and political theorist known for work on sovereignty, the state of exception, political theology, and the 'friend–enemy' distinction; a critic of liberalism whose career was controversial due to his association with and support for aspects of the Nazi regime.
Books
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1. Crisis Of Parliamentary Democracy
A trenchant critique of liberal parliamentary systems that argues the assumptions behind parliamentary debate—an informed, deliberative public and the supremacy of rational discussion—have been undermined by mass parties, interest-driven bargaining and plebiscitary mobilization; parliaments therefore become procedural machinery unable to resolve decisive political questions, producing instability and delegitimization and prompting a demand for a more decisive sovereign authority. The work contrasts liberal theory with the realities of modern party politics and develops a theory of decisionism that privileges political unity and decisive action over endless parliamentary deliberation.
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