An insightful interview with Sandrine Baume, conducted by Augusto Sperb Machado, delves into her recent article “Carl Schmitt’s Multifaceted Rejection of Political Compromises.” Baume, the lead researcher of the UPCiDe group, explores Schmitt’s complex critique of compromises.
Watch the interview below:
Baume’s article, published in The Review of Politics, Vol. 86, No. 2, 2024, is available here.
“Carl Schmitt’s Multifaceted Rejection of Political Compromises,” a new article by Sandrine Baume, is now published in The Review of Politics. Baume’s paper offers a structured analysis of Schmitt’s opposition to political compromises, building upon her previous work with Yannis Papadopoulos, which established a comprehensive typology of such objections. The article also delves into Schmitt’s strong aversion to pluralism and compromises, and critically examines the parallels and distinctions between his democratic theory and populist views.
Read the full article here.
Friderike Spang’s article entitled “Compromise in Political Theory” has been recently accepted for publication in Political Studies Review. Check its abstract below:
This review article provides a topic-centered overview of the state of compromise in political theory, where compromise is increasingly discussed as a promising approach to dealing with disagreement in politics and society. Given the growing literature on compromise, a systematic approach to the topic is due. The first sections are focused on clarifying the concept of compromise, while the remainder of the article offers different perspectives on those aspects of compromise that are subject to debate.
Friderike Spang, from the UPCiDe team, recently presented her current work on the role of intra-personal compromise for vegan activism at the Annual Conference of the Association for Social and Political Philosophy (ASPP) in Durham, England, and at the ECPR (European Consortium for Political Reserach) General Conference in Innsbruck, Austria.
On 23 August 2022, Sandrine Baume, from the UPCiDe team, will be presenting some of her most recent research on political compromises at the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference, which takes place at the University of Innsbruck this year.
Her paper, co-authored with Yannis Papadopoulos, is entitled “Why So Much Hatred? The Normative Reasons for Populists’ Disdain for Compromises.” It aims at analyzing the reasons behind the oft-repeated conflict between the populist ideology and the practice of compromise.