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The Theory of the Partisan Today

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In the closing pages of the "The Theory of the Partisan (1963),"¹ Schmitt seemed sure about two things and unsure about another—all interconnected. What was certain was that, at the beginning, no one had any idea that an irregular war, of which the partisan is the typical figure, could have contributed to making the conflict more cruel and its consequences worse. What seemed doubtful was that in the future a technologized and "regulated" world could have suppressed or limited the hostile feelings embodied first and foremost by the partisan. Schmitt claimed that the evolution of the partisan and of...