The Reception of Carl Schmitt in Iran – A Bibliography
von Felix Herkert
In the last decades one can recognize a growing interest in the works of Carl Schmitt in Iran. Up to now, the Persian reception of Schmitt has not attracted muchattentionin the West. As far as we know, neither in Alain de Benoist’s voluminous book Carl Schmitt: Internationale Bibliographie der Primär-und Sekundärliteratur(Graz ²2010) nor in any other bibliography any Persian translations of Schmitt’s works, or Persian secondary literature, arementioned. The following list canbe consideredas a first approachin collecting and classifying the relevant material.In eachparagraph the material is ordered chronologically according to the date of publication. As far as possible, we added some further information in squared brackets. (We give many thanks to Mr. Moḥsen Nīkbīn for his kind help in finalizing this bibliography).
Several Schmittian topics were treated by Persian scholars; overall,his“concept of the political” andhis “political theology” seemedto have provoked most interest. Some of Schmitt’s main works are now even available in different translationsin Iran. Looking through thesetranslations, however, one will recognize that none of them was based on the original German text, but nearly all of them are translations from English editions of Schmitt’s works.
I. Translations:
I.1 Monographies:
- Elāhīyyāt-e sīyāsī: čahār faṣl dar bāb-e ḥākemīyyat[Politische Theologie: Vier Kapitel zur Lehre von der Souveränität], transl. by Leylā Čamanḫāh, Tehran 1390[2011/12], 104 pp. [Translated from the English edition of George Schwab, including his preface; it further includes a translation of the Stanford Encyclopediaof Philosophy’s entry on Schmitt: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/schmitt/]
- Elāhīyyāt-e sīyāsī (2)[Politische Theologie II], transl. by Leylā Čamanḫāh, Tehran 1392[2013/14], 208 pp. [Translated from the English edition, including the preface of the English editors; supplemented by a nine-page preface by the Persian translator]
- Elāhīyyāt-e sīyāsī: čahār faṣl dar bāb-e ḥākemīyyat[Politische Theologie: Vier Kapitel zur Lehre von der Souveränität], transl. byŠoǧāʿAḥmadvand &Somayyeh Ḥamīdī, Tehran 1392[2013/14], 112 pp.
- Mafhūm-e amr-e sīyāsī[Der Begriff des Politischen], transl. byYāšār Ǧeyrānī & Rassūl Namāzī, Tehran 1392[2013/14], 200 pp. [Translated from the English edition of 2007,supplemented by athree-page preface by the Persian translators]
- New edition: Tehran 1395[2016/17], 202 pp.
- New edition: Tehran 1396[2017/18],200 pp.
- Mafhūm-e amr-e sīyāsī[Der Begriff des Politischen], transl. bySoheyl Ṣafārī, Tehran 1393[2014/15], 160 pp. [Complete translation from the expanded English editionof George Schwab, including his preface, Tracy B. Strong’s foreword, and Leo Strauss’ notes on The concept of the political]
- Elāhīyyāt-e sīyāsī: čahār faṣl dar bāb-e ḥākemīyyat [Politische Theologie: Vier Kapitel zur Lehre von der Souveränität],transl. by Ṭāher Ḫadīv, Tehran 1393[2014/15], 106 pp. [Translated from the English edition of 2005, including the preface of the English translator; supplemented by a one-page preface by the Persian translator]
- Romāntīsīzm-e sīyāsī [Politische Romantik], transl. bySoheyl Ṣafārī, Tehran1393 [2014/15], 216 pp. [Translated from the English edition of Guy Oakes, including his preface]
- Levīyātān dar naẓarīyye-ye doulat-e Tāmas Hābbz: maʿnā va šekast-e yek namād-e sīyasī, [Der Leviathan in der Staatslehre des Thomas Hobbes. Sinn und Fehlschlag eines politischen Symbols], transl. byŠervīn MoqīmīZanǧānī, Tehran 1395[2016/17], 192 pp.[Translated from the English edition, supplemented by a eight-page preface by the Persian translator]
- New edition: Tehran 1397[2018/19].
- Naẓarīyye-ye pārtizān [Theorie des Partisanen], transl. by Ṭāher Ḫadīv &Mosṭafa Aḥmadzādeh, Tehran 1396[2917/18], 152 pp. [Translated from the English edition of 2007, supplemented by a two-page preface by the Persian translators]
- Romāntīsīzm-e sīyasī [Politische Romantik], transl. byNayyereh Tavakkoli,Tehran 1398[2019/20], 264 pp.
I.2 Contributions in anthologies and journals:
- Mafhūm-e amr-e sīyāsī[Der Begriff des Politischen], transl. by Ṣāleh Naǧafī, pp. 89-154, in: Qānūn va ḫošūnat: gozide-ye maqālāt [Law and Violence: Selected Articles], ed. by Morād Farhādpūret al., Tehran 1386[2007/08], 472 pp. [This volume contains also the Persian translation of three articles from Western scholars dealing with Carl Schmitt’s thought; cfr. under II.2.2]
- New editions: Tehran 1387[2008/09], 1389[2010/11], 1392[2013/14], 472 pp.-Romāntīsīsm-e sīyāsī. Darbāre-ye sīyāsat, doulat va romāntīsm-e sīyāsī [Politischer Romantizismus. Über Politik, Staat und politische Romantik], transl. by Alī Neǧāt Qolāmī, in: Sūre-ye andīšeh 66/67 (1391[2012/13]),pp. 50-55.
- Tavallod-eqānūn-e asāsi[Die Geburt der Verfassung], in:Goft-o-gū62 (1392[2013/14]), pp. 109-120. [This text is a summary of the 6thchapter of Schmitt’s Verfassungslehre, based on the French edition of 1993]
II. Secondary literature:
II.1 Monographies
II.1.1 By Persian scholars
[Until now, there seem to be no monographies]
II.1.2 Translations from Western scholarship
[Until now, there seem to be no monographies]
II.2 Articles
(We only mentionthose articleshere which deal explicitly and primarily with Schmitt. One could find much more articlesin Persianciting or referring to Schmitt,more or less sporadically,in several contexts. )
2II.2.1 By Persian scholars
- Mousavī, Seyyed ʿAlī Reżā, “Dīyānat-e modernīteh! Tā’ammolī dar ārā-ye Kārl Šmītt [Modern religiosity! A consideration in the thought of Carl Schmitt]”, in:Sūre-ye andīšeh54/55 (1390[2011/12]), pp. 28-29.
- Ḥosseynī Beheštī, Seyyed ʿAlī Reżā/Malekī, Sānāz/Akbarī, Maǧīd, “Manṭeq-e estes̱nā dar falsafeh-ye sīyāsī-ye Kārl Šmītt [The logic of exception in the political philosophy of Carl Schmitt]”, in: Ǧostārhā-ye falsafī26 (1393[2014/15]), pp. 65-102.
- Kāẓemī,Eḥsān/Ǧamšīdī, Moḥsen,“Naqd-e ketāb: Mafhūm-e amr-e sīyāsīaz Kārl Šmītt [Book review: The concept of the politicalby Carl Schmitt]”, in: Pažūhešhā-yesīyāsī15 (1394[2015/16]), pp. 81-87.-Naẓarī, ʿAlī Ašraf,“Bāz-ḫānī-yeenteqādī-ye mafhūm-e amr-e sīyāsī dar naẓarīyeh-ye Kārl Šmītt [A critical relectureof the concept of the political in Carl Schmitt’s theory]”,in: Sīyāsat36 (1394[2015/16]), pp. 991-1014.
- Ḥamīdī, Somayeh, “Ravāyat-e teoložīkāl az amr-e sīyāsī dar andīšeh-ye ‘Kārl Šmītt’ [Theological Accountof the concept of the political in the thought of ‘Carl Schmitt’]”, in:Pažūheš-esīyāsat-e naẓarī18 (1394[2015/16]), pp. 25-48.
- Naẓarī, ʿAlī Ašraf, “Šmītt va amr-e sīyāsī: bāz-sāzī-e yek portereh-ye baḥs̱-angīz[Schmitt and political order: The reconstruction of a controversial]”, in:Pažūheš-nāmeh-ye enteqādī-ye motūn va bar-nāmeh-hā-ye ʿolūm-e ensānī41 (1395[2016/17]), pp. 177-199.
- Kāvandī, Reżā/Ḥeydārī, Aḥmad ʿAlī,“Elāhīyyāt-e sīyāsī va amr-eestes̱nā (Kārl Šmītt va masā’eleh-yehākīīyat) [Political Theology and order of exception (Carl Schmitt and the problem of sovereignty)]”, in: Falsafeh, Vol. 44, issue1 (1395[2016/17]), pp. 33-49.
- Allāhdādī, Nafīseh/Ābedī Ardakānī, Moḥammad, “Kārl Šmīttva teorīzeh kardan-e ḫošunat [Carl Schmitt andtheorizing violence]”, in: Ġarbšenāsī-ye bonyādī, Vol. 9, issue1 (1397[2018/19]), pp. 115-139.
II.2.2 Translations from Western scholarship
- Bellamy, Richard,“Līberālīsm ʿaleyh-e ḫūdaš (Kārl Šmītt va tanāqożāt-e līberāl-demūkrāsī [Liberalism against itself (Carl Schmitt and the contradictions of liberal democracy)]”, transl. by Moḥammad Reżāī, in:Ḫeradnāmeh-yeham-šahrī9 (1385[2006/07]), pp. 22-23.
- Agamben, Giorgio, “Vālter Benyāmīn dar-barābar-e Kārl Šmītt [Walter Benjamin contra Carl Schmitt]”, transl.by Ǧavād Ganǧī, in: Qānūn va ḫošūnat: gozide-ye maqālāt[Law and Violence: Selected Articles], ed. by Morād Farhādpūr et al., Tehran 1389[2010/11], pp. 155-174.
- Mouffe, Chantal, “Takas̱s̱orgarāyī va demoukrāsī-e modern: dour-o-bar-e Kārl Šmītt [Pluralism and modern democracy: around Carl Schmitt]”, transl.by ʿAlīʿAbbāsbeygī&MoǧtabāGolmoḥammadī, in: Qānūn va ḫošūnat: gozide-ye maqālāt[Law and Violence: Selected Articles], ed. by Morād Farhādpūr et al., Tehran 1389[2010/11], pp. 357-384.
- Ulmen, Gary, “Be souy-e yek naẓm-e novīn-e ǧahānī: dar-āmadī bar Nāmūs-e zamīnbe qalam-e Kārl Šmītt [Toward a New world Order: Introduction to Carl Schmitt’s ‘The Land Appropriation of a New World’]”,transl. by ʿAlīʿAbbāsbeygī& Moǧtabā Golmoḥammadī, in: Qānūn va ḫošūnat: gozide-ye maqālāt[Law and Violence: Selected Articles], ed. by Morād Farhādpūr et al., Tehran 1389[2010/11], pp. 385-416.
II.3 Dissertations
- Kāvandī, Reżā,Naqd-e Kārl Šmītt bar līberāl-demūkrāsī bar mabnāī-ye ketāb-e Elāhīyyāt-e sīyāsī-e vey [Carl Schmitt’s critique against liberal democracy, based on his book Political Theology], Tehran 1391[2012/13].[This dissertation was written at the AllamahTabatabaiUniversity, Tehran, under the supervision of Aḥmad ʿAlīḤeydārī andḤosseyn Kalbāsī Aštarī.]
- Šeyḫ-al-Eslāmī, Ḫāled, Nesbat-e sonnat-e masīḥī va modernīteh dar andīšeh-e sīyāsī-e ġarb: gosast yā tadāvom [The relation between Christian tradition and modernity in Western political thought: Rupture or continuity?], Tehran 1391[2012/13].[This dissertation was written at the Allamah Tabatabai University, Tehran, under the supervision ofḤešmatollāh Falāḥatpīšeh and Moḥammad-Ǧavād Qolāmreżā Kāšī. It deals with authorslike Schmitt, Löwith, Straussand Blumenberg.]
- Ǧazāī,Moḥaddeseh,Bāz-ḫānī-ye emkān va emtenāʿ-yeelāhīyyāt-e sīyāsī dar eslām bar asās-e naẓarī-ye Kārl Šmītt[A possible relecture and refusal of the political theology in Islam, based on Carl Schmitt’s theory], Mashhad 1393[2014/15].[This dissertation was written at theFaculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Firdausi University, Mashhad, under the supervision of Seyyed-Ḥossein Aṭharī andRūḥollāh Eslāmī Šo’abǧereh.]
- Anvarī, Saʿīd,Tabyyn-e naẓarī-yedoulat-e Kārl Šmītt va naqd-e ū bar ǧomhourī-ye vāymār[Zur Staatstheorie Carl Schmittsund seiner Kritik an Weimarer Republik], Tehran 1395[2016/17]. [This dissertation was written in German at the Faculty of World Studies (German department) of the University of Tehran –a faculty which is aimed at fostering political studies with the obligation to teach and write in the original language of each department –under the supervision of Younes Nourbaḫšand Aḥmad Nāderī.]
- Saīd, Ḫalīlzādeh, Taḥlīl-e enqelābvaǧomhourī-ye eslāmī-ye īrān bar mabnā-ye andīšeh-ye Kārl Šmītt (bā tākīd bar mafhūm-e amr-e sīyāsī, mafhūm-e ḥākemīyyat va naqd-e līberālīsm va demūkrāsī) [Analysis of the Islamic Revolution and Republic of Iran, based on the thought of Carl Schmitt (with emphasis on the concept of the political, the concept of sovereignty, and the critique against liberalism and democracy)], Tabriz1396[2017/18].[This dissertation was written at the Faculty of Law and Social Science, University of Tabriz, under the supervision ofRaǧab Īzadī and Farāmarz Taqīlū.]