Review: The Concept of the Political: Expanded Edition
User Review - Francisco Infante - GoodreadsA 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
Review: The Concept of the Political
User Review - Steven Wedgeworth - GoodreadsSchmitt is a challenging thinker, and not a little controversial, but he makes some very sound criticisms of late liberalism. His critique of wars and political forces that seek world domination in the name of humanity, justice, or other abstract values is very necessary for today. Read full review
Review: The Concept of the Political
User Review - Miles Maftean - GoodreadsI liked it, strictly for the critique it presents for a liberal constitutionalist democracy. I might not necessarily agree with the substance of his argument, but he has quite the realist outlook on politics and makes sure not to have too much intellectual hogwash in his conceptualization. Read full review
Review: The Concept of the Political: Expanded Edition
User Review - Jack Lindgren - GoodreadsSure it may have been written by an unrepentant Nazi and is basically a defense of totalitarianism. But it's kind of hard not to see some worth in the implicit point about the dangers of considering ... Read full review
Review: The Concept of the Political: Expanded Edition
User Review - Spanakos - GoodreadsSchmitt argues that the basic distinction in politics is between friend and foe, in its extremity this leads to war, which the state alone can declare. The enemy is not necessarily morally evil or an ... Read full review
Review: The Concept of the Political
User Review - Jasmine - Goodreadsright we are pro-dictatorship here. Read full review
Review: The Concept of the Political
User Review - Anna - GoodreadsSo much theory, so neatly packed into such a thin book. Hard to agree Schmitt and his ideas, but he argues well Read full review
Review: The Concept of the Political
User Review - Colin - GoodreadsWhile riding the subway to work and reading this one morning, a friend of mine flagged me down and cringed when she saw what I was reading. "What's that about?" she asked, and I responded "Well, not ... Read full review
Review: The Concept of the Political
User Review - Andrew - GoodreadsTrying to understand Schmitt in the 'light' of Straussianism (itself an unnatural construction) and a historicist conception of liberalism. Struggling with the de facto statism and what strikes me as ... Read full review
