Carl Schmitt
Quotes From
“Political Theology” (1922)
- The political is the total, and as a result we know that any decision about whether something is unpolitical is always a political decision, irrespective of who decides and what reasons are advanced.#
- The metaphysical image that a definite epoch forges of the world has the same structure as what the world immediately understands to be appropriate as a form of its political organization.#
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Play, The Antidote to Populism
A common complaint in our era of global populism is that certain politicians are making a mockery of our institutions. Don’t they realize politics is more than just a game? They should take politics seriously and stop playing. Any observer of politics can sympathize with this complaint. But what if it . . .