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The Concept of the Political (Carl Schmitt)

The Worthy House (Charles Haywood)

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Schmidt's the Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy

Schmidt: Liberalism offers only a critique of politics, not a form of politics. He says even a state focusing on economics will inevitably turn to distinction based on friend and enemy that will lead to war. Schmidt also directly addresses how wars can unnecessarily become idealized and totalized.

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