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The Concept of the Political

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University of Chicago Press, Jun 1, 1996 - Philosophy - 111 pages
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.
  

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Review: The Concept of the Political: Expanded Edition

User Review  - Francisco Infante - Goodreads

A very interesting essay by Schmitt, widely considered to be his most influential work. The language is clearly dated, and the translation is a bit odd in parts (particularly regarding how Schmitt's ... Read full review

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User Review  - Daniel Atzori - Goodreads

By defining 'the concept of the political' as the friend-enemy grouping, Schmitt articulates an incisive critique of liberalism and of its alleged attempt of 'neutralizing the political' by ... Read full review

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Contents

Introduction
3
Translators Note to the 1976 Edition
17
The Concept of the Political
19
Notes on Carl Schmitt The Concept of the Political
81
Index of Names
109
Copyright

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Spöknippet: [Excerpts] Schmitt, The Concept of the Political
Exerpts from Carl Schmitt's The Concept of the Political. The concept of the state presupposes the concept of the political. According to modern linguistic ...
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JSTOR: The Concept of the Political.
The Concept of the Political. By Carl Schmitt. Translated by Georg Schwab. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. Pp. xxvi+lll. $10.95 (paper). ...
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The Concept of the Political
Although most Anglo-American scholars rate “The Concept of the Political” as occupying a central place in Schmitt’s work, this may simply be the result of ...
www.ou.edu/ cas/ psc/ bookschmitt.htm

Let me begin with Carl Schmitt’s The Concept of the Political , in ...
Schmitt was keen to point out in The Concept of the Political, the enemy. existedinessenceasa“properenemy”ineuropeancommonlawandwasnot ...
positions.dukejournals.org/ cgi/ reprint/ 13/ 1/ 235.pdf

The Chronicle: 4/2/2004: A Fascist Philosopher Helps Us Understand ...
In The Concept of the Political, Schmitt wrote that every realm of human endeavor is structured by an irreducible duality. Morality is concerned with good ...
chronicle.com/ free/ v50/ i30/ 30b01601.htm

The Concept of the Political - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Concept of the Political is a work by German philosopher and jurist, Carl Schmitt. The work examines the fundamental nature of the "political" and it's ...
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The Concept of the Political, Expanded Edition (2007) « Perverse ...
Now there appears a new “expanded” edition of The Concept of the Political and it is expanded indeed - Tracy B. Strong introduction is still there without ...
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Sydney escholarship Repository : Leo Strauss's Recovery of the ...
Strauss outlines six criteria in his 1932 'Comments', which he argues can be found in Schmitt s The Concept of the Political, as essential for the recovery ...
ses.library.usyd.edu.au/ handle/ 2123/ 631

Long Sunday: The Two Politicals
The Concept of the Political underwent three editions, and "The Theory of the ... In a sense, we might say that The Concept of the Political presents a ...
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Carl Schmitt in English
2007[1932] The Concept of the Political (George Schwab, trans) University of. Chicago Press. [Reprint of 1996, 1976 with “Age of Neutralizations ...
www.theoria.ca/ research/ files/ SchmittEnglish.pdf

About the author (1996)

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.

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