Which of the following statements is correct in the context of dictatorial philosophy? I. In 1920, Carl Schmitt criticized parliamentary democracy. II. Martin Heidegger attacked Western modernism for technological violence

Which of the following statements is correct in the context of dictatorial philosophy? I. In 1920, Carl Schmitt criticized parliamentary democracy. II. Martin Heidegger attacked Western modernism for technological violence Correct Answer Both I and II

The correct answer is Both I and II.

A dictatorship is a form of government in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power without effective constitutional limitations.

Key Points

• Carl Schmitt (1888–1985) was a conservative German legal, constitutional, and political theorist.
  • Schmitt is often considered to be one of the most important critics of liberalism, parliamentary democracy, and liberal cosmopolitanism.
  • His book "The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy", attacked the legitimacy of parliamentary government and parliamentary democracy.
  • The book was published in 1923. But his ideas/criticism about the Parliamentary government started gaining ground in 1920 only.
• Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) was a German philosopher whose work is perhaps most readily associated with phenomenology and existentialism.
  • His ideas have exerted a seminal influence on the development of contemporary European philosophy.
  • Martin Heidegger’s (1977) said that ‘everywhere we remain unfree and chained to technology’.
  • He was of the view that technological violence distances the person perpetrating violence from the affected, such as drone attacks and a laser-guided bomb or guided missile.
  • Because of the alienation of the perpetrator of violence from the affected, human sentiments disappear from the act.

Hence, from the above, it can be said that both statements are correct.