Carl Schmitt and theorization of violence

All throughout the human history and in all societies, violence has always been an undeniable fact which is not expected to be terminated. However, man has always attempted to limit it by taking approaches, yet, despite human efforts, no noticeable decline has been seen in this regard. A group of scholars believe that violence is inherently a political phenomenon. According to their view, power constitutes the essence of politics and a power-based thing cannot be detached from violence. By definition, power involves a person or a group of people dominating another group to imperiously persuade the latter to take the desired route of the former. The actions of the dominated group do not necessarily conform to their wants and interests, rather they consciously or unconsciously take such actions in public as to meet the interests of the governing or dominating group. Other views consider violence independent from political affairs. Adopting a descriptive-analytical approach and employing library sources, this study attempts to indicate that Karl Schmidt, like Hobbes and Machiavelli, believes that violence in politics is a natural thing.