Carl Schmitt: Politics and Theory (Contributions in Political Science) (Hardcover)

~ Paul Edward Gottfried (Author) "In the last twenty years, interest in the German political philosopher and legal theorist Carl Schmitt has mounted on the European continent..." (more)
Key Phrases: jus publicum europaeum, commissarial dictatorship, liberal legality, Weimar Republic, George Schwab, Middle Ages (more...)

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Gottfried looks at Schmitt as a critic of modern liberalism and as a defender of the national state who carefully examined Western historical and political traditions. Challenging the view that Schmitt was a mere polemicist who set out to subvert "German Democracy", Gottfried's work argues instead, that Schmitt criticized liberal democracy from a highly liberal reflective position that combined analytical depth with staggering erudition. This new source also provides a useful bibliography on secondary literature dealing with Carl Schmitt's work.

About the Author

PAUL EDWARD GOTTFRIED is Professor of Humanities at Elizabethtown College.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 168 pages
• Publisher: Greenwood Press (September 25, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0313272093
• ISBN-13: 978-0313272097
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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