The Enemy: An Intellectual Portrait of Carl Schmitt
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The writings of Carl Schmitt form what is arguably the most disconcerting, original, and yet still unfamiliar body of twentieth-century political thought. In the English-speaking world, he is terra incognita , a name associated with Nazism, the author of a largely untranslated oeuvre forming no recognizable system, coming to us from a disturbing place and time in the form of fragments. The Enemy is a comprehensive reconstruction and analysis of all of Schmitt's major works--his books, articles and pamphlets from 1919 to 1950--presented in an arresting narrative form. The revelation of his work is that, unlike mainstream Nazi ideology, Schmitt makes a strong philosophical claim for the necessity of confrontational politics within a democratic system; a claim that has resonance in today's hegemony of consensual politics.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:185984359X
ISBN13:9781859843598
Release Date:September 2002
Publisher:Verso
Length:312 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"
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