The Concept of the PoliticalIn 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. This edition of the 1932 work includes the translator's introduction (by George Schwab) which highlights Schmitt's intellectual journey through the turbulent period of German history leading to the Hitlerian one-party state. It also includes Leo Strauss's analysis of Schmitt's thesis and a foreword by Tracy B. Strong placing Schmitt's work into contemporary context. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Translators Note to the 1976 Edition | 17 |
The Concept of the Political | 19 |
Notes on Carl Schmitt The Concept of the Political | 79 |
Index of Names | 107 |
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adversary aesthetic affirms the political antithesis appears associations autonomy become Berlin bourgeois Carl Schmitt century civil claim concrete constitution critique of liberalism definition democracy depoliticalization distinction of friend doctrine domain Duncker & Humblot Ellen Kennedy ethics evil existential exists fact fight freedom Friedrich Julius Stahl friend and enemy friend-and-enemy grouping friend-enemy George Schwab German Hegel Hobbes Hobbes's human groupings ideology individual intellectual J. C. B. Mohr Paul juristic jus belli labor union League of Nations Leo Strauss liberal thought Lorenz von Stein man's dangerousness modern Mohr Paul Siebeck moral nature Nazi negation neutral nonpolitical norms party peace pluralist pluralist theory polemical political concept political entity political meaning political theory precisely presidential system presuppose presupposition public enemy question real possibility recognized religious romanticism Schmitt's Note sense social ideal society sovereign sovereignty specifically political sphere Telos thereby tion Tübingen ultimate universal Weimar Weimar constitution word