The Dark Side of Podemos? Carl Schmitt and Contemporary Progressive Populism

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Cover -- Half Title -- Title page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. The Schmitt-Podemos connection -- The Schmitt-Podemos paradox -- Introducing Podemos -- Podemos' approach to politics -- The rise of Podemos -- References -- 2. Podemos' encounter with Schmitt -- Carl Schmitt's vision of politics -- The Shadow of Schmitt in Podemos' political thought -- First encounters -- Beyond intellectual culture -- Notes -- References -- 3. Divergent presents -- Schmitt and the Weimar Republic -- Schmitt's development -- A Spanish Weimar? -- References -- 4. Imagining the political past -- Iglesias and Errejón's background -- The history of memory in Spain -- Memories of the left -- History for Podemos -- A distortion of history? -- Schmitt as political realist -- Nostalgia -- Note -- References -- 5. Imagining the political future -- Iglesias' Thesis -- Errejón's thesis -- The significance of Errejón's retelling -- Latin America: a model for Spain's future? -- References -- 6. Tensions within -- Enmity within? -- Assessing the significance of Podemos' Schmittian rhetoric -- References -- Index  Read more... Chapter 1: The Schmitt-Podemos connectionChapter 2: Podemos' encounter with SchmittChapter 3: Divergent presentsChapter 4: Imagining the political pastChapter 5: Imagining the political futureChapter 6: Tensions within