Carl Schmitt: Politics and Theory

by Paul Edward Gottfried

Gottfried looks at Carl Schmitt as a critic of modern liberalism and as a defender of the national state who examined carefully Western historical and political traditions. Challenging the view that Schmitt was a mere polemicist who set out to subvert German democracy, Gottfried's work argues instead, that Schmitt criticized liberalism and democracy from a highly reflective position that combined analytical depth with staggering erudition. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313272093
• ISBN13: 9780313272097
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.6"