/lit/ - Literature

>>12179164
i love carl schmitt--i think the concept of the political is one of the more brilliant political tracts yet written. do i think he overemphasizes the friend/enemy distinction? yes--one could take a machiavellian or pragmatist tact and say that use/usefullness or some other polarity is just as distinctive of the uniquely political. but his attack on parliamentary democracy is exceptional, and his exultation of the hobbesian "decision" as the basis of sovereignty, which is itself the remnants of the judeo-christian (note: catholic) trajectory, is masterful. my copy of concept of the political is reefed in notes and annotations. what are your thoughts? have you read patrick devlin (enforcement of morals), by any chance?

also, please be more specific re: 1900-1950. there is a LOT of scholarship devoted to this time period...

>>12179240

tell me what subjects you want to know about the most--you gotta help me prioritze/triage a little, and i'll for sure hook you up. you want marketing? propaganda? aestehtics/politics? war theory? charisma? trumpism? what you looking for?

>>12177997

please define "political expediency"

there is a LOT of material that looks to give more practical, hands-on political advice, if that's what you mean

here's a small stack of some material i've drawn from before to teach a course titled "contemporary washington politics"--i focus on how power has been actually acquired in the modern era. (not pictured here: ron suskind's "confidence men").

are you looking to run campaigns, field candidates, pass legislation, advance your own career--what exactly? the pictured material is far from the "dark arts" of political manipulation, if that's what you're looking for--though i think this material is often more realistic and informative in the day-to-day of washington politics

i would also recommend browsing through some of the diplomacy stuff here >>12177726 . i can provide better photos if you'd like.