La semantica del tempo nella riflessione di Carl Schmitt

The aim of this essay is to analyse the concept of time in Carl Schmitt’s thought, frequently underestimated by the exegetes of the German legal philosopher. To this purpose, it will be attempted to propose an unconventional hypothesis in order to reconsider the consolidated approach of the centrality of the concept of space, i.e. the overcoming of the old concept of the State as compared to the new Reich. More specifically, we will try to bring to light the hidden Schmitt’s thesis on temporality and his attempt to anchor it, on the one hand, to the work of a thinker particularly dear to him, such as Donoso Cortés and, on the other hand, to the figure of katéchon, or rather, one of the most meaningful concepts of Schmitt’s theological-political Weltanschauung.