Values and Mobilization: Towards the Dynamics of “Sterile Excitement”
Journal: Russia in Global Affairs
Year: 2023

Starting with an overview of the ‘tyranny of values’ notion introduced by Carl Schmitt, this article discusses how values are converted into political goals and managed by societies. While both Schmitt and Robert Spaemann emphasized the danger of ‘automatic enactment’ of values, today in a mobilized society the situation aggravates as the differentiation between a policy system based on violence and orders, and a culture system offering common patterns for comprehending social life diminishes or