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The Concept of the Political – Expanded Edition
Carl Schmitt
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Description for The Concept of the Political – Expanded Edition
Paperback. Argues that liberalism's basis in individual rights cannot provide a reasonable justification for sacrificing one-self for the state. This edition highlights the author's intellectual journey through the turbulent period of German history leading to the Hitlerian one-party state. Translator(s): Schwab, George. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 208.
In this, his most influential work, legal theorist and political philosopher Carl Schmitt argues that liberalism's basis in individual rights cannot provide a reasonable justification for sacrificing one-self for the state - 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. 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 ... Read more
In this, his most influential work, legal theorist and political philosopher Carl Schmitt argues that liberalism's basis in individual rights cannot provide a reasonable justification for sacrificing one-self for the state - 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. 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
162
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226738925
SKU
V9780226738925
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About Carl Schmitt
Carl Schmitt (1888 - 1985) was a legal and political theorist and constitutional lawyer. He was the author of many books, including Political Theology, which the University of Chicago Press recently reprinted.
Reviews for The Concept of the Political – Expanded Edition
"The best introduction to Schmitt's thought." - Mark Lilla, New York Review of Books"