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Carl Schmitt
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Carl Schmitt was a German jurist, politician, university teacher, and philosopher. Born in Plettenberg on July 11, 1888, he died there on April 7, 1985. He was a member of the Nazi Party and identified as a Catholic of the German ethnic group. His academic career included teaching positions at the Technical University of Munich, the University of Bonn, the University of Cologne, and the University of Greifswald. He was educated at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and held a Juris Doctor degree and habilitation.
Schmitt’s notable works include *The Concept of the Political*, *Politische Theologie*, *Verfassungslehre*, *La unidad del mundo*, *Du libéralisme autoritaire*, and *Die Rheinlande als Objekt internationaler Politik*. He is associated with the Conservative Revolution movement and Western philosophy. He worked in Berlin and Plettenberg, speaking German. He is buried in Plettenberg.
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- Born
- 11 Jul 1888
- Died
- 7 Apr 1985
- Works
- 255
Top works
- Politische Theologie
- La unidad del mundo
- Verfassungslehre
- Du libéralisme autoritaire
- Die Rheinlande als Objekt internationaler Politik
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Carl
- Family name
- Schmitt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Plettenberg
- Place of death
- Plettenberg
- Occupation
- politician
- Employer
- University of Cologne
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Academic degree
- habilitation
- Field of work
- constitutional law
- Movement
- Western philosophy
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- 1929 report on Carl Schmitt.jpg
- Work location
- Plettenberg
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- 1888-00-00
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- 1985-00-00
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- Carl Schmitt
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- Carl Schmitt
- ethnic group
- Germans
- topic's main category
- Category:Carl Schmitt
- place of burial
- Plettenberg
- pseudonym
- Johannes Negelinus
- time period
- contemporary philosophy
- influenced by
- Bruno Bauer
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Encyclopedic overview
Carl Schmitt (11 July 1888 – 7 April 1985) was a German jurist and political theorist. An authoritarian conservative theorist, he was noted as a critic of parliamentary democracy, liberalism, and cosmopolitanism.
In 1933, Schmitt joined the Nazi Party and used his legal and political theories to provide ideological justification for the regime. He held various positions on Nazi councils, including the Prussian State Council and the Academy for German Law, and served as president of the National Socialist Association of Legal Professionals. By 1936, he had lost favour among senior Nazi officials and was removed from most of his official positions within the party. Schmitt and his work remain controversial for their association with Nazism.
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