Abstract

Schmittian decisionism is one of the main topics of contemporary political philosophy. It is often appealed among those who criticize political liberalism, whether in its parliamentary or mechanistic way. The aim of this article is to explain the foundations, implications, and most problematic thesis of this decisionism from an alternative approach to that of faith. It is attempted to show both Kierkegaard’s presence and Hegel’s rejection in Schmitt’s challenge to political philosophy, as well as to reinterpret his conceptions of myth and sovereignty in a critical frame of liberal thought. I conclude by arguing that Schmitt’s conceptual biases entail a political absolutism that deserves no less criticism.