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The inevitable lack of objectivity in political decisions, which is only the reflex to suppress the politically inherent friend-enemy antithesis, manifests itself in the regrettable forms and aspects of the scramble for office and the politics of patronage. The demand for depoliticalization which arises in this context means only the rejection of party politics, etc. The equation politics = party politics is possible whenever antagonisms among domestic political parties succeed in weakening the all-embracing political unit, the state.

Carl Schmitt

Only the actual participants can correctly recognize, understand, and judge the concrete situation and settle the extreme case of conflict.

Carl Schmitt

Carl Schmitt

Carl Schmitt

Born: July 11, 1888

Died: April 7, 1985 (aged 96)

Bio: Carl Schmitt was a German jurist and political theorist. Schmitt wrote extensively about the effective wielding of political power.

Known for:

The Concept of the Political (1932)
Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy (1985)

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