‘Carl Schmitt’s Völkerrechtliche Grossraumordnung’

Stirk, P.M.R.

‘Carl Schmitt’s Völkerrechtliche Grossraumordnung’

Stirk, P.M.R.

Authors

P.M.R. Stirk

Abstract

Carl Schmitt's work on the international order during the Second World War has been comparatively neglected. There is, however, a strong connection between Schmitt's understanding of political concepts and the nature of the political and his writings on the international order. In order to understand those writings and the contemporary response that they provoked it is necessary to set them in the context of the dilemmas of Nazi occupation policy. This article concludes that Schmitt failed to resolve those dilemmas but also that his attempt to solve them reveals the deficiency of Schmitt's understanding of the nature of political concepts.

Citation

Stirk, P. (1999). ‘Carl Schmitt’s Völkerrechtliche Grossraumordnung’. History of Political Thought, 20(2), 357-374

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Jan 1, 1999
Deposit Date	Mar 12, 2009
Journal	History of Political Thought
Print ISSN	0143-781X
Publisher	Imprint Academic
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	20
Issue	2
Pages	357-374
Publisher URL	http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/hpt/1999/00000020/00000002/60