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‘Carl Schmitt’s Enemy and the Rhetoric of Anti-Interventionism’

Stirk, Peter M.R.

Authors

Peter M.R. Stirk



Abstract

This article explores Carl Schmitt's concept of the enemy against the backcloth of the international agenda from the 1920s into the Second World War. More specifically it argues for his abiding antipathy to the Anglo-Saxon powers. It identifies his concern with the right of intervention and his strategies for deflecting claims of a right of intervention in the affairs of states. It also explores the tension between his concept of domestic order and international order in the late 1930s and suggests that his attempt to reconcile the two fails. It concludes by suggesting that the rhetorical arguments he deployed are instructive, for they remain the favourite resort of those who have engaged in a continuous and manifest abuse of sovereignty.

Citation

Stirk, P. M. (2003). ‘Carl Schmitt’s Enemy and the Rhetoric of Anti-Interventionism’. The European Legacy, 8(1), 21-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/1084877032000066288

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Feb 1, 2003
Deposit Date Jun 21, 2007
Journal European Legacy
Print ISSN 1084-8770
Electronic ISSN 1470-1316
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 8
Issue 1
Pages 21-36.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/1084877032000066288