In seinem Alterswerk setzt sich Carl Schmitt mit der These seines langjahrigen Bekannten und Kritikers Erik Peterson auseinander, der die Unmoglichkeit jeder politischen Theologie behauptet hatte. Er halt dem zum Katholizismus konvertierten Theologen entg...
Written in the early stages of the Cold War by one of the most controversial political and legal thinkers of the twentieth century, Carl Schmitts two short dialogues on power and space bring together several dimensions of his work in new ways. The dialogu...
Writings on War collects three of Carl Schmitt's most important and controversial texts, here appearing in English for the first time: The Turn to the Discriminating Concept of War , The GroÃraum Order of International Law , and The Internati...
One of the most significant political philosophers of the twentieth century, Carl Schmitt is a deeply controversial figure who has been labeled both Nazi sympathizer and modern-day Thomas Hobbes. First published in 1938, The Leviathan in the State Theory...
Die Edition präsentiert den Briefwechsel zwischen zwei bedeutenden Juristen des Öffentlichen Rechts: Ernst Forsthoff (1902-1974) und Carl Schmitt (1888-1985). Sie umfasst 359 Dokumente, 218 Briefe von Forsthoff, 141 von Schmitt. In einem schrift...
Written in the intense political and intellectual tumult of the early years of the Weimar Republic, Political Theology develops the distinctive theory of sovereignty that made Carl Schmitt one of the most significant and controversial political theorists...
Carl Schmittâs magnum opus, Constitutional Theory , was originally published in 1928 and has been in print in German ever since. This volume makes Schmittâs masterpiece of comparative constitutionalism available to Engl...
In this, his most influential work, legal theorist and political philosopher Carl Schmitt argues that liberalismâs basis in individual rights cannot provide a reasonable justification for sacrificing oneself for the stateâ...
Carl Schmitt ranks among the most original and controversial political thinkers of the twentieth century. His incisive criticisms of Enlightenment political thought and liberal political practice remain as shocking and significant today as when they first...