Concept of the Political

Name: Concept of the Political
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ISBN: 9780226738925

ISBN-10: 0226738922

ISBN-13: 9780226738925

Edition: 2007 (Enlarged)

Authors: Carl Schmitt, George Schwab, Tracy B. Strong, Leo Strauss

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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 oneself 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 lecture "The Age of…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 162
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Foreword


Dimensions of the New Debate around Carl Schmitt Tracy B. Strong


Translator's Note to the 1996 Edition Acknowledgments


Introduction George Schwab


Translator's Note to the 1976 Edition


The Concept of the Political Carl Schmitt


Notes on Carl Schmitt, The Concept of the Political Leo Strauss


Index of Names