“The Modern Political Tradition: Hobbes to Habermas” S:1 E:19 Fleeing Liberalism – Fascism and Carl Schmitt

S:1 E:19 Fleeing Liberalism – Fascism and Carl Schmitt In the 1920s, opposition to bourgeois-led parliamentary democracy split between internationalist socialism and a new nationalist socialism, which came to be called fascism. Explore the roots of fascism and its most sophisticated political thinker, Carl Schmitt, who presents a deep philosophical critique of parliamentary democracy and liberal republicanism.