Carl Schmitt was a German jurist, political theorist, and prominent member of the Nazi Party. Schmitt wrote extensively about the effective wielding of political power. An authoritarian conservative theorist, he is noted as a critic of... Wikipedia
Born: July 11, 1888, Plettenberg, Germany
Died: April 7, 1985 (age 96 years), Plettenberg, Germany
Influenced by: Leo Strauss, Immanuel Kant, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and more
Influenced: Hannah Arendt, Giorgio Agamben, Leo Strauss, and more
Party: Nazi Party
Spouse: Duška Todorović (m. 1925–1950) and Pawla Dorotić (m. 1916–1924)