Schmittian

English Etymology From en Schmitt -ian. Pronunciation en en Adjective - Of, or related to political theorist Carl Schmitt (1888–1985) or his theories. en https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/12/nazi-china-communists-carl-schmitt/617237/ The Nazi Inspiring China’s Communists w:The Atlantic 2020-12-01 Chang Che That China has gotten rid of the virus, which President Donald Trump called “the invisible enemy,” while the United States remains hobbled by it, is portrayed among Chinese statists as a triumph for the Schmittian worldview. https://web.archive.org/web/20260717213212/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/12/nazi-china-communists-carl-schmitt/617237/ 17 July 2026 en-GB Imogen Dewey Enclave by Claire G Coleman review – why shouldn’t we make a utopia? w:The Guardian 2022-07-21 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/22/enclave-by-claire-g-coleman-review-why-shouldnt-we-make-a-utopia 0261-3077 Us and them: the Schmittian fantasy underpinning the binary myth of a carceral state like Safetown, “everybody keeping watch on everybody else”. https://web.archive.org/web/20220730045514/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/22/enclave-by-claire-g-coleman-review-why-shouldnt-we-make-a-utopia en-GB Brendan Simms Has a Nazi theorist’s vision of a world divided into ‘great spaces’ found a new advocate in Trump? w:The Guardian 2026-01-16 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/16/nazi-theorist-vision-great-spaces-new-advocate-trump 0261-3077 For example, the notorious Eurasianist Alexander Dugin – a key influence on Putin and an intellectual architect of the attack on Ukraine – has been a strong partisan of Schmittian ideas. https://web.archive.org/web/20260116054531/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/16/nazi-theorist-vision-great-spaces-new-advocate-trump Noun A follower of the ideas of Carl Schmitt. en https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/lazy-authoritarian/609937/ Being an Actual Authoritarian Is Too Much Work for Trump w:The Atlantic 2020-04-14 Quinta Jurecic; Benjamin Wittes Trump may be a Schmittian by instinct and aspiration, but he’s a fair-weather Schmittian only. A true authoritarian, confronted by limits on his power, might have ripped through them in service of establishing his authority. https://web.archive.org/web/20200604034712/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/lazy-authoritarian/609937/ en eponyms en People