Kirchheimer rejected Schmitt’s claim that democracy requires homogeneity

Evidence

Kirchheimer made it clear here that he did not share Schmitt’s conviction that a democracy could never function in a heterogeneous society and must therefore be rejected. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 961

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Schmitt holds homogeneity a condition of possibility for any actual democracy — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 166; Deliberative democracy eliminates pluralism to achieve consensus, leaving it unable to answer Schmitt — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 225; Schmitt’s homogeneity requirement targets liberal interest-group pluralism, which he rightly faults — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 230 (+1 more)