In her contribution, Anna-Bettina Kaiser first asks the sociological question whether Schmitt’s wide reception is a testament to the topicality of his thought or whether it is also to an important degree due to an influential group of students. Kaiser shares Jean-François Kervégan’s recommendation to take up Schmitt’s positions in a modified, liberal way. She argues, however, that the way Schmitt analysed and treated problems firmly belongs to the context of his time and pleads for a careful historicization of his positions.
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