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Politička antropologija u Karla Šmita
Carl Schmitt’s Political Anthropology

Author(s): Dušan Dostanić
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu
Keywords: Carl Schmitt; political anthropology; antropopessimism; fear; political; conflict

Summary/Abstract: In this article the author deals with political anthropology of the German jurist Carl Schimtt. In text is shown Schmitt's anthropopessimism, his understanding of fear as one of the basic human characteristics and Schmitt's view of man as homo politicus. We emphasize importance of Schmitt's political anthropology for his political thought and by that Schmitt is placed in wider range of ultra conservative authors.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 05
  • Page Range: 229-244
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Serbian