Author

Contributions

  • Schmitt, Carl, 1888-1985. - Contributor

Publication

2007 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

31,500 words, Guess

Page Count

126 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2006034003
  • Goodreads640765
  • LibraryThing9643

Classifications

  • DDC320.01/1
  • LCCJA74 .S313 2007

Description

In this, his most influential work, legal theorist and political philosopher Carl Schmitt presents a scathing critique of modern liberalism - a critique as cogent today as when it first appeared. George Schwab's introduction to his translation of the 1932 German edition highlights Schmitt's intellectual journey through the turbulent period of German history leading to the Hitlerian one-party state. Also included here is Leo Strauss's analysis of Schmitt's thesis and a foreword by Tracy B. Strong placing Schmitt's work into contemporary context.

Description

"In this work, legal theorist and political philosopher Carl Schmitt argues that liberalism's basis in individual rights cannot provide a reasonable justification for sacrificing oneself for the state. George Schwab's introduction to his translation of the 1932 German edition highlights Schmitt's intellectual journey through the turbulent period of German history leading to the Hitlerian one-party state. In addition to analysis by Leo Strauss and a foreword by Tracy B. Strong placing Schmitt's work into contemporary context, this expanded edition also includes a translation of Schmitt's 1929 lecture "The Age of Neutralizations and Depoliticizations," which the author himself added to the 1932 edition of the book."--Jacket.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The concept of the politicalUniversity of Chicago Press2007

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