Democracy, the immanent sovereign and the end of exception: a critique of Carl Schmitt’s decisionism'

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https://doi.org/10.12957/rqi.2021.64098

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Keywords, Decisionism, exception, sovereign, democracy, immanence

Resumo

Decisionism is the structure of Schmitt's political and legal thought. Hence the famous figure of the exception. Hence, too, the central figure of the theistic sovereign. Our objective in this article is to analyze the assumptions of Schmitt's decisionism, showing how such assumptions are incompatible with immanence and, therefore, with democracy. We will then present some central features of a notion of democracy based on immanence, such as the end of the exception and the immanent sovereign. Methodologically, we will read Schmitt's writings in which the notion of decisionism is elaborated, in addition to prominent commentators who deal with the issue.

Biografia do Autor

Cássio Corrêa Benjamin, Universidade Federal de São João del Rei

Graduação e mestrado em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Doutor em Ciência Política pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Professor Associado da Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ). Leciona no curso de Filosofia do DFIME (Departamento de Filosofia e Métodos)

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2021-12-11

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Benjamin, C. C. (2021). Democracy, the immanent sovereign and the end of exception: a critique of Carl Schmitt’s decisionism’. REVISTA QUAESTIO IURIS, 14(04), 1667–1695. https://doi.org/10.12957/rqi.2021.64098