Document Type : Research

Author

• Abasaleh Taghizadeh Tabari

PhD of Political Thought, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Understanding and critical analysis of Karl Schmitt's political philosophy is possible only when we question the relationship between theology and politics and open a path to enter his project. The same direction is followed in this article. After presenting this introduction, referring to the fundamental question of Schmitt's project, that is, what is the concept of political affairs and how is it possible in the modern era, we criticized the concept of political affairs according to the position he adopted in this treatise and more in the treatise on political theology. Finally, in this article, we showed that despite the effects that Schmitt's theological understanding had on his understanding of the concept of political affairs, he could not have an active relationship with it. In other words, the two projects of political theology and the concept of the political affair remain two projects for Schmitt and could not lead to a single understanding of politics. According to Schmitt, although theology is present in the historical nature of politics, it is neither necessary nor has an obvious effect on the inner understanding of politics.

Keywords

• Political Affairs
• Political Theology
• Nature of Politics
• Descriptive Narrative of Theology
• Positive Narrative of Theology
• Friendship and Enmity

Main Subjects

• political science