The Inventive Wickedness of the Ultimate Tyranny: Leo Strauss vs. Carl Schmitt
Amongst the strange bedfellows of history, a most unique relationship occurred in the immediate lead up to the rise of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. This relationship…
Managerialism, Technological Society, and the Transformation of Political Rule: Burnham as a Corrective to Schmitt
The transformation of political order in the modern world cannot be understood solely through the traditional categories of monarchy, aristocracy, democracy, or even bourgeois liberalism. The rise…
The Shadows of German Thought: Max Weber, Carl Schmitt, and Eric Voegelin in Hannah Arendt’s Political Philosophy
Hannah Arendt, one of the most influential political theorists of the twentieth century, stands as a bridge between the philosophical traditions of continental Europe and the democratic…
Carl Schmitt’s Shakespearean Life: Between Hamlet and Othello in Weimar Germany
There have been many Shakespeare scholars, critics, and admirers throughout history. Such undying popularity, and engagement, is a testament to the profound and timeless nature of Shakespeare’s…
The Leviathan Counterattacks: Sovereignty’s Comeback in the Globalized World
The sudden coming of the state of emergency all over the Western world was a tough blow to the postmodern sensibility. Banned from routine, locked at home,…
Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss in the Chinese-Speaking World
Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss in the Chinese-Speaking World: Reorienting the Political, Kai Marchal and Carl K.Y. Shaw, eds. Lanham, Lexington Books, 2017. Carl Schmitt and…
The Political Discourse of Carl Schmitt: A Mystic of Order
The Political Discourse of Carl Schmitt: A Mystic of Order. Montserrat Herrero. London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. Montserrat Herrero is Associate Professor of Political Philosophy at…
Eric Voegelin: Political Theology in a New Key
I My initial inspiration to read Eric Voegelin came after I finished my PhD candidacy exam in political theory in the fall of 2013. It was born…
From “Political Theology” to “Political Religion”: Voegelin and Schmitt
In his book on Politics as Religions, Emilio Gentile credits Eric Voegelin with the invention of the concept of “political religions,” a concept that will be systematically…