The Challenge of the Exception

An Introduction to the Political Ideas of Carl Schmitt Between 1921 and 1936

By:

George Schwab

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Hardback

Series:

Contributions in Political Science

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This book discusses the ideas of Carl Schmitt, a leading political theorist and jurist who influenced the thoughts of, among others, Hannah Arendt, Carl Joachim Friedrich, Otto Kirchheimer, Hans Morgenthau, Franz Neumann and Leo Strauss. Professor Schwab aims to articulate Schmitt's key concepts and relate their centrality to politics and the state, to the political theory of liberalism, democracy and authoritarianism, and to international relations. When Schwab treats Schmitt's interpretations of constitutional questions, for example, he intends to show how political theory in Germany is inextricably linked with constitutional law, legal theory and the country's history. The book deals with Schmitt's contributions to 20th century thought and Schwab considers the unconscionable compromises that he made with the 3rd Reich. This, however, failed to help him become the political and legal theorist of Hitler's Germany. Schwab shows how the new Schmitt was suspect from the beginning and, by 1936, Schmitt the hunter has become Schmitt the hunted.

Author Biography:

GEORGE SCHWAB is Professor of History at the City University of New York (Graduate Center and City College) and Senior Vice President of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, of which he was a co-founder with the late Hans J. Morgenthau. Mr. Schwab is a recipient of a number of grants and the author, editor, and translator of numerous works on great power rivalry, legal and political theory, and German history. His publications include Eurocommunism (Greenwood Press, 1981) and United States Foreign Policy at the Crossroads (Greenwood Press, 1982).

Release date NZ

October 25th, 1989

Author

George Schwab

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

Edition

2nd edition

Interest Age

From 7 to 17 years

Pages

189

Series

Contributions in Political Science

Dimensions

156x235x13

ISBN-13

9780313272295

Product ID

5811393

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