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Interlinking the Domestic with the International: Carl Schmitt on Democracy and International Relations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2006

CHRISTOPH BURCHARD
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Abstract

Carl Schmitt's Der Nomos der Erde allows us to rethink his interlinked proposals for the organization of the Weimar Republic, namely his theory of ‘democratic dictatorship’ and the ‘concept of the political’. Connecting the domestic homogeneity of an empowered people with the pluralism of the Westphalian state system, Schmitt seeks to humanize war; he objects to the renaissance of the ‘just war’ tradition, which is premised on a discriminating concept of war. Schmitt's objections are valid today, yet their Eurocentric foundations are also partially outdated. We are thus to argue with Schmitt against Schmitt to reflect on possibilities for the humanization of war.

Keywords

Carl Schmittconcept of the politicaldiscriminating concept of warHegung des Krieges(concept of bracketed war)just warnomos concept
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ARTICLES
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Leiden Journal of International Law , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , March 2006 , pp. 9 - 40
Copyright
2006 Foundation of the Leiden Journal of International Law

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