Carl Schmitt’s concept of the political in relation to a political philosophy rooted in Aristotle.

Authors

  • HUGO EDUARDO HERRERA

Keywords:

political philosophy, aristotelianism, concept of the political, political criteria, political existentialism.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to attempt to determine Carl Schmitt’s position regarding the tradition of «practical philosophy», which is that which develops from the Aristotelian differentiation between two types of knowledge: one that is purely theoretical and another which aims to study and orient human action, politics included. The thesis I wish to prove is that Schmitt, in his The Concept of the Political, has a position that is quite close to that tradition, notwithstanding the important differences that arise. In order to prove this thesis, I will refer to a series of criticisms to this Schmitt text, which would appear to separate the author from that tradition.

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Published

2010-11-30

How to Cite

HUGO EDUARDO HERRERA. (2010). Carl Schmitt’s concept of the political in relation to a political philosophy rooted in Aristotle. Revista De Estudios Políticos, (150). Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/RevEsPol/article/view/44311

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