About the book: 2014 / In recent years, the world has been changing rapidly. The usual realities and threats are being replaced by new ones: terrorism is turning into global terrorism, war from a crime becomes a tool for supporting democratic processes, national sovereignty is no longer a right - now it is rather a privilege that is given or taken away by the powers that be. Political philosophy has not kept pace with television news, and our society is in desperate need of understanding and making sense of the changes taking place around us. In his book, Alain de Benoit examines the ideas of the outstanding thinker of the 20th century Carl Schmitt in order to give us the tools necessary to analyze the processes occurring in world politics and society.