The Leviathan in the State Theory of Thomas Hobbes
Meaning and Failure of a Political Symbol
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Description
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 of Thomas Hobbes used the Enlightenment philosopher's enduring symbol of the protective Leviathan to address the nature of modern statehood. A work that predicted the demise of the Third Reich and that still holds relevance in today's security-obsessed society, this volume will be essential reading for students and scholars of political science.
"Carl Schmitt is surely the most controversial German political and legal philosopher of this century. . . . We deal with Schmitt, against all odds, because history stubbornly persists in proving many of his tenets right."--Perspectives on Political Science
"[A] significant contribution. . . . The relation between Hobbes and Schmitt is one of the most important questions surrounding Schmitt: it includes a distinct, though occasionally vacillating, personal identification as well as an association of ideas."--Telos
"Carl Schmitt is surely the most controversial German political and legal philosopher of this century. . . . We deal with Schmitt, against all odds, because history stubbornly persists in proving many of his tenets right."--Perspectives on Political Science
"[A] significant contribution. . . . The relation between Hobbes and Schmitt is one of the most important questions surrounding Schmitt: it includes a distinct, though occasionally vacillating, personal identification as well as an association of ideas."--Telos
Product Details
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
| Publish Date | October 15, 2008 |
| Pages | 184 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9780226738949 |
| Dimensions | 8.3 X 5.5 X 0.5 inches | 0.5 pounds |
About the Author
Carl Schmitt (1888-1985) was a legal theorist, political philosopher, and the author of Legality and Legitimacy, On the Three Types of Juristic Thought, Political Romanticism, Nomos of the Earth, Roman Catholicism and Political Form, Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy, and The Concept of the Political, the last available from the University of Chicago Press.
Reviews
"[A] significant contribution. . . . The relation between Hobbes and Schmitt is one of the most important questions surrounding Schmitt: it includes a distinct, though occasionally vacillating, personal identification as well as an association of ideas."-- "Telos"
"Carl Schmitt is surely the most controversial German political and legal philosopher of this century. . . . We deal with Schmitt, against all odds, because history stubbornly persists in proving many of his tenets right."-- "Perspectives on Political Science"
"The English translation of this work is truthful to the German original and permits the critical reader to understand Schmitt . . . the way he understood himself."--Mark Lilla "New York Review of Books"
"Carl Schmitt is surely the most controversial German political and legal philosopher of this century. . . . We deal with Schmitt, against all odds, because history stubbornly persists in proving many of his tenets right."-- "Perspectives on Political Science"
"The English translation of this work is truthful to the German original and permits the critical reader to understand Schmitt . . . the way he understood himself."--Mark Lilla "New York Review of Books"
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