The Ideal Political System in Carl Schmitt’s Political Philosophy

Sadeghi AhangarKelaie, Mahdi; Eslami, Saeed; DeilamSalehi, Behrouz

doi:10.22034/jpiut.2023.56825.3542

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Ph.D. Candidate of Political Science, Chalous Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran.

² Associate Professor of Political Science Department, Chalous branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran

³ Assistant Professor of Political Science Department, Chalous branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2023.56825.3542

Abstract

The issue of the nature of the state is one of the most important issues in political philosophy, and any interpretation of it will follow an interpretation of government ends, ideal government, and the necessity to obey the government, political legitimacy and freedom in its own way. The present study, which is theoretical in terms of its fundamental content, applies the theoretical framework of Mouffe's radical democracy, and focuses on one of the prominent figures of the political philosophy of public law in the 20^th century, and finally attempted to answer the main question of what is the ideal government the type and the nature of it in the political theology of Karl Schmitt? The results illustrate that the understanding and interpretation of the nature of the state as well as the desired government in Schmitt's political philosophy and political theology in the light of understanding the fundamental concepts in his thought such as political theology is political matter, rule friend/enemy/independent dictatorship, sovereignty, the concept of exception in criticism of European liberal parliamentary system, negative anthropology, adaptation of citizenship to political nationality, criticism of the concept of majority in liberal democracy. The results also state that Schmidt's ideal government is compatible with the identity-oriented type of radical democracy. The significance of the study dates back to the growing criticism of liberal democracy and the emergence of radical democratic governments, especially in Latin America.

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References

Afkham, A; Zarvani, M. & Elmi, Q. (2020). Comparison between Political Theology of Johannes Baptist Metz and Carl Schmitt, Journal of Religious Studies, 14(27), 155-178. (In Persian) https://doi.org/10.22059/jrm.2020.303070.630068

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Akbari, M; Hosseini Beheshti, S. A. R. & Maleki, S. (2014). Exception Logic in the Political Philosophy of Carl Schmitt, Analytical Philosophy, 26(11), 65-102. (In Persian)

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Palmer, T. G. (2016). Carl Schmitt: The Philosopher of Conflict Who Inspired Both the Left and the Right. https://fee.org/articles/carl-schmitt-the-philosopher-of-conflict-who-inspired-both-the-left-and-the-right.

Piccone, P. & Ulmen, G. L. (1990). Schmitt's "Testament" and the Future of Europe, TELOS Press, 1990(83), 3-34. https://doi.org/10.3817/0390083003

Posner, E. & Vermeule, A. (2010). The Executive Unbound after the Madisonian Republic, Oxford University Press.

Racu, A. (2011). The Friend/ Enemy Distinction and its Ethical Implications: A Critical Analysis of Carl Schmitt’s Political Thought. Gnosis.

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References

Afkham, A; Zarvani, M. & Elmi, Q. (2020). Comparison between Political Theology of Johannes Baptist Metz and Carl Schmitt, Journal of Religious Studies, 14(27), 155-178. (In Persian) https://doi.org/10.22059/jrm.2020.303070.630068

Agamben, G. (2015). State of Exception, translated by P. Imani, 2nd edition, Ney. (In Persian)

Akbari, M; Hosseini Beheshti, S. A. R. & Maleki, S. (2014). Exception Logic in the Political Philosophy of Carl Schmitt, Analytical Philosophy, 26(11), 65-102. (In Persian)

Anvari. S. & koulayi, E. (2020). Influence of German Revolutionary Conservatism on New Eurasianism, the Relation between Carl Schmitt and Alexander Dugin, Political and International Approaches,12(1), 43-66. (In Persian) https://doi.org/10.29252/piaj.2020.100628

Appiah, k .A. (2008). Thinking It Through: An Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy, translated by H. Valeh, Gam-e No Publications. (In Persian).

Bashiriyeh, H. (2012). The History of the ideas of liberalism and conservatism, Ney. (In Persian)

Balakrishnan, G. (2000). The Enemy: An Intellectual Portrait of Carl Schmitt, Verso.

Gottfried, P. E. (1990). Carl Schmitt: Politics and Theory (Contributions in Political Science), Greenwood Press.

Hosseini, S. A. (2017). Survey of the Modern Christian Theology, Publications of Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute. (In Persian)

Hosseini, S. R. (2021). Coronavirus pandemic crisis and the need for a moral reproduction of human freedom in political theology (Focusing on the votes of Spinoza and Carl Schmitt), Contemporary Political Studies, 11(4), 97-114. (In Persian) https://doi.org/10.30465/cps.2021.37236.2828

Kennedy, E. (2004). Constitutional Failure. Carl Schmitt in Weimar, Duke University Press.

Nazari, A. A. (2016). Critique and deconstruction of the concept of political liberalism and the theory of Carl Schmitt, Politics, 45(4), 991-1014. (In Persian) https://doi.org/10.22059/jpq.2015.55955

Nazari, A. A. (2016). Schmitt and the Political Matter: Reconstructing a Controversial Portrait, Critical Studies in and Programs of Human Sciences, 16(4), 177-199. (In Persian)

Palmer, T. G. (2016). Carl Schmitt: The Philosopher of Conflict Who Inspired Both the Left and the Right. https://fee.org/articles/carl-schmitt-the-philosopher-of-conflict-who-inspired-both-the-left-and-the-right.

Piccone, P. & Ulmen, G. L. (1990). Schmitt's "Testament" and the Future of Europe, TELOS Press, 1990(83), 3-34. https://doi.org/10.3817/0390083003

Posner, E. & Vermeule, A. (2010). The Executive Unbound after the Madisonian Republic, Oxford University Press.

Racu, A. (2011). The Friend/ Enemy Distinction and its Ethical Implications: A Critical Analysis of Carl Schmitt’s Political Thought. Gnosis.

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Volume 17, Issue 44 - Serial Number 44 articles Volume 17, Issue 44 (Autumn 2023)November 2023Pages 467-487

Agamben, G. (2015). State of Exception, translated by P. Imani, 2^nd edition, Ney. (In Persian)

Volume 17, Issue 44 - Serial Number 44
articles
Volume 17, Issue 44 (Autumn 2023)
November 2023
Pages 467-487