![]() ![]() Nevertheless, it has been reinvigorated recently as a paradigm used to explain government decisions taken under evolving COVID-19 pandemic conditions. This political philosophy is usually read in (and arguably tainted) by the immediate historical context in which it was conceived, namely 1930s Germany and the rise of National Socialism. On this theoretical basis, he develops the concept of decisionism, whereby the actual content or "what" of a decision is not the germane element, but rather the "who" of the decision and whether a given "who" (or decider) is the proper authority and possessor of the necessary sovereignty. Schmitt defines the sovereign act as a decision on the question of the exception, and further classifies sovereignty as a liminal term, a borderline concept ( Grenzbegriff), suggesting a geometric metaphoricity underlying his conceptualization. The State of Exception determines who is truly sovereign in a given state. According to political philosopher Carl Schmitt (1888-1985), the emergency or State of Exception ( Ausnahmezustand) is the ultimate test of political power and reveals in whom that power is vested. ![]()
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