Colm Gillis's Blog - Posts Tagged "carl-schmitt"

We all have a name. We give names to things and are given names. Our lives are dominated by names. Names are what compose government and law and they come before any disputes or any political unions. Carl Schmitt pursued the meanings of names because he understood the relevance of such meanings when considering matters of political or legal import. [continue reading ...]

Carl Schmitt was a controversial German jurist who made valuable contributions to political philosophy. His writings were academic in nature. Yet can we discuss Schmitt in more ‘down-to-earth’ language? One will give it a spin and attempt to break it down. [continue reading ...]

The song ‘From a Distance’ encapsulates the theological position of Deism, a belief that God merely set the world in motion and then withdrew from His creation. This belief was popular amongst the American revolutionaries. Yet, the belief system could easily be converted into Atheism and this is what occurred in the 20th century. [continue reading ...]

Carl Schmitt was a jurist of the concrete situation. He always looked at what the circumstances at any particular moment were. Two news stories that went viral over the weekend reminded me of Carl Schmitt. Without pre-judging what Schmitt may have thought about the cases, we can at least have some idea of how Schmitt would have approached these cases.[continue reading ...]

Consistency and regularity and not strong points of mine when it comes to most things. Therefore, I have set myself a task a little Herculean for someone like me. The task is to maintain a ‘log’ recorded on the ‘web’ (blogs, as they are called!!) and to maintain it day-by-day. The log will be maintained for the book that I am currently writing. [continue reading ...]