The International Political Thought of Carl Schmitt: Terror, Liberal ...
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neo-liberal model <strong>of</strong> globalization which is at the origin <strong>of</strong> the proliferation <strong>of</strong><br />
discourses and practices <strong>of</strong> radical negation <strong>of</strong> the established order. In order to<br />
create channels for the legitimate expression <strong>of</strong> dissent we need to envisage a<br />
pluralistic world order constructed around a certain number <strong>of</strong> great spaces and<br />
genuine cultural poles.<br />
<strong>The</strong> new forms <strong>of</strong> terrorism reveal the dangers implicit in the delusions <strong>of</strong> the<br />
universalist globalist discourse which postulates that human progress requires<br />
the establishment <strong>of</strong> world unity based on the adoption <strong>of</strong> the Western model.<br />
This is why, against the illusions <strong>of</strong> the universalist-humanitarians, it is urgent to<br />
listen to <strong>Schmitt</strong> when he reminds us that ‘[t]he political world is a pluriverse,<br />
not a universe’ (<strong>Schmitt</strong> 1976: 53). This is, I believe, the only way to avoid the<br />
‘clash <strong>of</strong> civilizations’ announced by Huntington (1996) and to which, despite<br />
its intentions, the universalist discourse is, in fact, contributing.<br />
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