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-'''Carl Schmitt''' (11 July 1888 – 7 April 1985) was a [[Germany|German]] [[philosopher]], [[jurist]], [[political theorist]], and professor of law. +The '''''wehrhafte''''', or '''''streitbare Demokratie''''' ("well fortified" or "battlesome democracy") is a term for [[German politics]] that implies that the government ([[Bundesregierung]]), the parliament ([[Bundestag]] and [[Bundesrat of Germany|Bundesrat]]) and the judiciary are given extensive powers and duties to defend the '''freiheitlich-demokratische Grundordnung''' ("liberal democratic order") against those who want to abolish it. The idea behind the concept is the notion that even a [[majority rule]] of the people cannot be allowed to install a [[totalitarianism|totalitarian]] or autocratic regime such as with the [[Enabling Act of 1933]], thereby violating the principles of the German constitution, the [[Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany|Basic Law]].
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-Schmitt published several essays, influential in the 20th century and beyond, on the mentalities that surround the effective wielding of political power. His ideas have attracted the attention of numerous philosophers and political theorists, including [[Walter Benjamin]], [[Leo Strauss]], [[Jacques Derrida]], [[Étienne Balibar]], [[Hannah Arendt]], [[Giorgio Agamben]], [[Antonio Negri]], [[Gianfranco Miglio]], [[Paolo Virno]], [[Slavoj Žižek]], [[Alain Badiou]], [[Jacob Taubes]], [[Gillian Rose]], [[Chantal Mouffe]], [[Eric Voegelin]], [[Reinhart Koselleck]], [[Álvaro d'Ors]], [[Ernst Jünger]], [[Alain de Benoist]], and [[Paul Gottfried]]. Much of his work, especially from the Weimar period, remains both influential and controversial today.+
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-== See also ==+
-* [[Political theology]]+
-* [[Streitbare Demokratie]]+
-* [[The Concept of the Political]]+
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The wehrhafte, or streitbare Demokratie ("well fortified" or "battlesome democracy") is a term for German politics that implies that the government (Bundesregierung), the parliament (Bundestag and Bundesrat) and the judiciary are given extensive powers and duties to defend the freiheitlich-demokratische Grundordnung ("liberal democratic order") against those who want to abolish it. The idea behind the concept is the notion that even a majority rule of the people cannot be allowed to install a totalitarian or autocratic regime such as with the Enabling Act of 1933, thereby violating the principles of the German constitution, the Basic Law.



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