CARL SCHMITT: A NEVER-FORGOTTEN THINKER AMONG ECONOMIC CHALLENGES AND POLITICAL FRAGILITIES

Abstract

One hundred years after Carl Schmitt published Römischer Katholizismus und politische Form, we find ourselves in a period in which the tensions between the sense of the State, economic development, and the support of democracy are still under debate. In this work, we analyze how Schmitt contributed to this debate at the time, but how, despite his political choices, his thought has been revisited and even gained special attention. Schmitt's controversial personality, the consistency of his arguments but also the fragility of his choices contributed to Schmitt's thinking being able to bring many arguments to the current debates around the strength of the State and the challenges of democratic designs.