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Of, or related to political theorist Carl Schmitt (1888–1985) or his theories. quotations examples
That China has gotten rid of the virus, which President Donald Trump called “the invisible enemy,” while the United States remains hobbled by it, is portrayed among Chinese statists as a triumph for the Schmittian worldview.
2020 December 1, Chang Che, “The Nazi Inspiring China’s Communists”, in The Atlantic
Us and them: the Schmittian fantasy underpinning the binary myth of a carceral state like Safetown, “everybody keeping watch on everybody else”.
2022 July 21, Imogen Dewey, “Enclave by Claire G Coleman review – why shouldn’t we make a utopia?”, in The Guardian
plural Schmittians
A follower of the ideas of Carl Schmitt. quotations examples
Trump may be a Schmittian by instinct and aspiration, but he’s a fair-weather Schmittian only. A true authoritarian, confronted by limits on his power, might have ripped through them in service of establishing his authority.
2020 April 14, Quinta Jurecic, Benjamin Wittes, “Being an Actual Authoritarian Is Too Much Work for Trump”, in The Atlantic