The Challenge of Carl Schmitt keyword young marx Buhle suggests that “premodern” and Buhle suggests that “premodern” and “postmodern” are arbitrary designations here Alex Trocchi and Jacqueline De Jong—Wark uncovers an international movement riven with conflicting passions Schmitt reminds us forcefully that the essence of politics is a struggle and that the distinction between friend and enemy cannot be abolished His conception of politics is a sharp challenge to those who believe that the blurring of frontiers between the left and right and the increasing mobilization of political discourse constitute great advances for democracy