To Carl Schmitt: Letters and Reflections

by Jacob Taubes

A philosopher, rabbi, religious historian, and Gnostic, Jacob Taubes was for many years a correspondent and interlocutor of Carl Schmitt (1888-1985), a German jurist, philosopher, political theorist, law professor--and self-professed Nazi. Despite their unlikely association, Taubes and Schmitt shared an abiding interest in the fundamental problems of political theology, believing the great challenges of modern political theory were ancient in pedigree...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231154127
• ISBN13: 9780231154123
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"