Thomas Hobbes and Carl Schmitt by Johan Tralau

Thomas Hobbes and Carl Schmitt by Johan Tralau

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These important new essays consider both as political thinkers; their importance for present-day politics and society; conceptions of myth and politics; and Schmitt’s use of Hobbes in the Third Reich. This book will be published as a special issue of the Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy.

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Thomas Hobbes and Carl Schmitt by Johan Tralau

These important new essays consider both as political thinkers; their importance for present-day politics and society; conceptions of myth and politics; and Schmitt's use of Hobbes in the Third Reich. This book will be published as a special issue of the Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy.
Johan Tralau teaches politics at Uppsala universitet. He has been a visiting scholar in Tokyo, Berlin, at the New School of Social Research, in Rome, and in Hanover. In 2007–2008, he hosted his own TV show, Kanon-TV, on the Swedish channel Axess TV. He has published extensively in English, German and Swedish, including his books, Människoskymning. Främlingskap, frihet, och Hegels problem hos Karl Marx och Ernst Jünger (2002, German trans. 2005), and Draksådd. Den grekiska tragedin som politiskt tänkande (2010); his work has been (or will shortly be) published in journals such as Political Theory; Philosophisches Jahrbuch; Greek, Roman and Byzantine studies; Zeitschrift für Ästhetik und Allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft; European Journal of Political Theory, and History of Political Thought.
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ISBN 13 9780415661218
ISBN 10 0415661218
Title Thomas Hobbes and Carl Schmitt
Author Johan Tralau
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Routledge
Year published 2012-09-06
Number of pages 202
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.