Exploring the Intersection of Political and Critical Theology: A Case Study of the Soviet Era

Summary: Is there a political theology of revolution in Carl Schmitt or is his political theology only and exclusively autocratic? Schmitt sees the key to revolutionary politics in the construction of the idea of the people as a constituent power. This article analyses the juridical genealogy and the theological-political transfers involved in the construction of the modern revolutionary political era that follows from Schmitt's insights.