An Unacknowledged Adversary: Carl Schmitt, Joseph Schumpeter, and the Classical Doctrine of Democracy. Issue 4 (2nd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cherneski, JanaLee
• Is Part Of: Critical review. Volume 29:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 447
• Page End: 472
• Publication Date: 2017-10-02
• Subjects: classical doctrine of democracy -- Carl Schmitt -- Joseph Schumpeter; Libertarianism -- United States -- Periodicals; 320.512
• DOI: 10.1080/08913811.2017.1463624
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0891-3811

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, Schumpeter contrasted his definition of democracy against what he called its "Classical Doctrine." Received scholarly wisdom holds either that the classical doctrine had no real historical embodiments, or that it is a composite of historical arguments pieced together only so that Schumpeter could knock them down. Arguably, however, Schumpeter actually drew the classical doctrine from a very real source: Carl Schmitt.