The Concept of the Political by Carl Schmitt
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.
"The best introduction to Schmitt's thought" - Mark Lilla, New York Review of Books"
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226738925 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226738922 |
| Title | The Concept of the Political |
| Author | Carl Schmitt |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 2007-05-15 |
| Number of pages | 162 |
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