The metaphysical image that
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. Carl Schmitt
Carl Schmitt
I want to paint
I want to paint a canvasthat will be nothing but harmonious tone. Carl Schmitt
When will we learn
When will we learn that childhood is in a great sense not simply a preparation for adult life but a thing unique and complete in itself—a masterpiece of God. Carl Schmitt
All law is situational
All law is situational law. The sovereign produces and guarantees the situation in its totality. He has the monopoly over this last decision. Carl Schmitt
All significant concepts of
All significant concepts of the modern theory of the state are secularized theological concepts. Carl Schmitt
Sovereign is he who
Sovereign is he who decides on the exception. Carl Schmitt
The exception is more
The exception is more interesting than the rule. The rule proves nothing; the exception proves everything. In the exception the power of real life breaks through the crust of a mechanism that has become torpid by repetition. Carl Schmitt
The concept of humanity
The concept of humanity is an especially useful ideological instrument of imperialist expansion, and in its ethical-humanitarian form it is a specific vehicle of economic imperialism. Here one is reminded of a somewhat modified expression of Proudhon’s: whoever invokes humanity wants to cheat. To confiscate the word humanity, to invoke and monopolize such a term … Read more
A world state which
A world state which which embraces the entire globe and all of humanity cannot exist. The political world is a pluriverse, not a universe. Carl Schmitt
The essence of liberalism
The essence of liberalism is negotiation, a cautious half measure, in the hope that the definitive dispute, the decisive bloody battle, can be transformed into a parliamentary debate and permit the decision to be suspended forever in an everlasting discussion. Carl Schmitt