The Dark Side of Podemos?

Carl Schmitt and Contemporary Progressive Populism

Josh Booth, Patrick Baert (University of Cambridge, UK)

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Routledge
14 January 2020

Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies; Political parties

Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

In 2014 a new progressive party, Podemos, emerged on the Spanish political scene. Within just over two years it had become the country’s third-biggest party, winning a slew of seats in parliament and regularly making headline news. While some see Podemos as the saviour of Spanish democracy, others have accused it of corrosive populism. But what few have noticed is that behind its distinctive rhetoric lies a thinker closely associated with Germany’s Third Reich: Carl Schmitt.

Why has an ostensibly progressive and avowedly anti-fascist political party taken up Schmitt’s ideas? The puzzle only deepens when we learn of Schmitt’s links with Francisco Franco’s dictatorship. In The Dark Side of Podemos?, Booth and Baert explain why Schmittian theory resonated with Podemos’ founders. In doing so, the authors position Podemos and the ideas that guide it within the context of recent Spanish history and ongoing politics of memory, revealing a story about how personal and political narratives have combined to produce a formidable political force.

This enlightening monograph will appeal to undergraduates and postgraduates, as well as postdoctoral researchers, interested in fields such as Politics, Political Theory and Sociology. It will also be relevant to those curious about contemporary Spanish politics, the nature of populism, the future of the European left, or Carl Schmitt and his links with Spain.

By: Josh Booth, Patrick Baert (University of Cambridge, UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367460136
ISBN 10: 0367460130
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
Pages: 140
Publication Date: 14 January 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Josh Booth is a Teaching Associate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge, UK Patrick Baert is Professor of Social Theory at the University of Cambridge, UK

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

"In this intriguing narrative in political theory, Booth and Baert trace the multi-layered and often surprising connections between the conservative philosophy of the Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt and the progressive populism of Podemos. In the process they consider the analogies between Weimar Germany and contemporary Spain, General Franco’s regime and the warm reception for Schmitt’s views on power, the political, the ""exception"", and decisionism. In tracing the connections between the Podemos leadership and Schmitt’s critique of liberalism and parliamentary democracy, they also describe the profound crisis within the European Union between Germany and its underdeveloped periphery. A tour de force, the authors develop a compelling historical sociology of ideas and expose the ambiguities of populism as appealing to extreme right and left politics , and simultaneously dissolving this political division. Bryan S. Turner ACU (Melbourne) and Potsdam University Germany"