Sunday, August 29, 2010

Vinx, Lars. "Carl Schmitt." STANFORD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHILOSOPHY August 7, 2010.

Carl Schmitt (1888–1985) was a conservative German legal, constitutional, and political theorist. Schmitt is often considered to be one of the most important critics of liberalism, parliamentary democracy, and liberal cosmopolitanism. But the value and significance of Schmitt's work is subject to controversy, mainly due to his intellectual support for and active involvement with National Socialism. . . .

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