Thursday, March 30, 2006
(12:39 AM) | Old - Doug Johnson:
Who's the American Version of Carl Schmitt
My time is short and expensive ($5 per half hour at a fancy Westin in Ottawa - here for a conference on street ministry, good gosh) ...I've been thinking this week about who the American version of Carl Schmitt would be. Almost certainly dumber, of course. But, I mean, who would Taubes write Ad ____ against. I got to thinking about this after picking up a book I was given a long time ago by George Weigel. He may get my vote. A line in the book that jumped out at me regarded the way that liberal democracy couldn't supply the justification for itself on its own and needed Christian social teaching ...
Others that come to mind, Reinhold Niebuhr (dead, and yes I betray my Duke heritage), Robert George, and this list should be helpful (notice no Weigel - strange since he signed PNAC, as is listed next to so many names). Anyway, thoughts, suggestions, votes?
