
The Challenge of the Exception
An Introduction to the Political Ideas of Carl Schmitt Between 1921 and 1936
George Schwab(Author)
Praeger Publishers Inc
2nd Edition
Published on 25. October 1989
Book
Hardback
189 pages
978-0-313-27229-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Challenge of the Exception is the key that unlocked 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 clearly articulates Schmitt's key concepts and relates 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 shows how political theory in Germany is inextricably linked with constitutional law, legal theory, and the country's history.
Not content to merely deal with Schmitt's profound contributions to twentieth-century thought, Schwab devotes considerable space to the unconscionable compromises that he made with the Third 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 had become Schmitt the hunted. Schwab's presentation of the multifaceted Carl Schmitt exposes the reader to a truly interdisciplinary excursion into the humanities and social sciences.
Not content to merely deal with Schmitt's profound contributions to twentieth-century thought, Schwab devotes considerable space to the unconscionable compromises that he made with the Third 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 had become Schmitt the hunted. Schwab's presentation of the multifaceted Carl Schmitt exposes the reader to a truly interdisciplinary excursion into the humanities and social sciences.
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
455 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-27229-5 (9780313272295)
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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).
Content
Introduction to the Second Edition
Preface
Introduction
Schmitt and the Weimar Constitution: 1921-1933
The Meaning of Dictatorship
The Meaning of Sovereignty
The Meaning of Democracy and Liberalism
The Meaning of the Presidial System
Hitler Conquers Weimar
Schmitt and National Socialism: 1933-1936
State, Movement, People
Concrete-Order Thinking
Army, Party, State
Theology, Defeat, and the Benito Cereno Myth
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of Names
Subject Index
Preface
Introduction
Schmitt and the Weimar Constitution: 1921-1933
The Meaning of Dictatorship
The Meaning of Sovereignty
The Meaning of Democracy and Liberalism
The Meaning of the Presidial System
Hitler Conquers Weimar
Schmitt and National Socialism: 1933-1936
State, Movement, People
Concrete-Order Thinking
Army, Party, State
Theology, Defeat, and the Benito Cereno Myth
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of Names
Subject Index