Representación y Crítica de la Modernidad en Voegelin y Schmitt

Abstract

This paper focuses on two great anti-‐‑liberal, political thinkers of the twentieth century: Eric Voegelin and Carl Schmitt. Our approach departs from the complex concept of “representation”. First we explain the difference between existential and transcendental representation, as put forward by Voegelin; then we present Carl Schmitt’s perspective, and more specifically the tension present in his work between the Catholic and modern conceptions of representation. Finally, we signal the main differences and affinities lying between Voegelin’s and Schmitt’s political theologies.