The Concept of the Political - Softcover

Schmitt, Carl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226738868 ISBN 13: 9780226738864

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1996

Synopsis

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. 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.

About this title

About the Author:

Tracy B. Strong is distinguished professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. He is a former editor of Political Theory and the author or editor of many books, including Friedrich Nietzsche and the Politics of Transfiguration, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Politics of the Ordinary, and The Many and the One: Religious and Secular Perspectives on Ethical Pluralism in the Modern World.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0226738868
• ISBN 13: 9780226738864
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144