Political Violence and Instrumental Use of Religion in the Works of Carl Schmitt and Walter Benjamin

Walter Benjamin and Carl Schmitt were active in the interwar period, a very difficult time history of Germany. The issues violence, war, role religion public affairs vast importance for both men. I want to show that, relation political theology, favored instrumentalizing religious concepts name their own ideas. used Catholicism establish so-called concrete order, Judaism promote Marxist anarchist ideas liberation. That means they more interested earthly than having mystical experiences or exploring metaphysical God afterworld. believe that instrumental use theology works could indicate was then is now big crisis.