The metaphysical image that a definite epoch forges of the world has the same structure as what the world immediately understands to be appropriate a… - Carl Schmitt

The equation state = politics becomes erroneous and deceptive at exactly the moment when state and society penetrate each other.

A definition of the political can be obtained only by discovering and defining the specifically political categories.

The political entity presupposes the real existence of an enemy and therefore coexistence with another political entity. As long as a state exists, there will thus always be in the world more than just one state. A world state which embraces the entire globe and all of humanity cannot exist.