''Theory of the Partisan: Intermediate Commentary on the Concept of the Political'' () is a 1963 book by the German writer

Carl Schmitt Carl Schmitt (11 July 1888 – 7 April 1985) was a German jurist, author, and political theorist. Schmitt wrote extensively about the effective wielding of political power. An authoritarian conservative theorist, he was noted as a critic of ...

. It is based on two lectures Schmitt held in

Francoist Spain Francoist Spain (), also known as the Francoist dictatorship (), or Nationalist Spain () was the period of Spanish history between 1936 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . After his death i ...

in 1962 and covers military history, political philosophy and the legal and administrative aspects of

partisanship A partisan is a committed member or supporter of a political party or political movement. In multi-party systems, the term is used for persons who strongly support their party's policies and are reluctant to compromise with political opponents ...

. Schmitt intended it as a concretisation and update for the post-war period of his thesis from ''

The Concept of the Political ''The Concept of the Political'' (German: ''Der Begriff des Politischen'') is a 1932 book by the German philosopher and jurist Carl Schmitt, in which the author examines the fundamental nature of the "political" and its place in the modern world. ...

'' (1932).

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{{Carl Schmitt 1963 non-fiction books Books by Carl Schmitt Works about warfare Books about political philosophy