The Friend-Enemy Distinction Stephen H. Webb Carl Schmitt, anti-Semitism, and liberal democracy. Books & Culture January/February 2009 Issue issue ...

Carl Schmitt was a German jurist and political theorist in the 20th century and the de facto philosopher of the Nazi movement. One of Schmitt’s key ideas was what is called the friend-enemy ...

Carl Schmitt was a German legal philosopher and political theorist, a critic of democracy and liberalism, and a rabid antisemite who served as the chief legal adviser to the Nazis and the Third Reich.