Jacques Derrida speaks of a letter from Carl Schmitt to Walter Benjamin which does not actually exist. It is a "Purloined Letter" and the main defendant is History. From this theft, real or fictitious, a plot unfolds that sheds light on some aspects of the relationship between Schmitt and Benjamin and on the cross-reading of an outsider like Georges Sorel. At stake is the clash between anarchy and statism under the incipient shadows of National Socialism.

Una lettera di Carl Schmitt a Walter Benjamin, in «Cultura Tedesca», 57 (2019)

Giuseppe Raciti
2019-01-01

Abstract

Jacques Derrida speaks of a letter from Carl Schmitt to Walter Benjamin which does not actually exist. It is a "Purloined Letter" and the main defendant is History. From this theft, real or fictitious, a plot unfolds that sheds light on some aspects of the relationship between Schmitt and Benjamin and on the cross-reading of an outsider like Georges Sorel. At stake is the clash between anarchy and statism under the incipient shadows of National Socialism.
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