num_pages: 144
description: In this, his most influential work, legal theorist and political philosopher Carl Schmitt argues that liberalism's basis in individual rights cannot provide a reasonable justification for sacrificing oneself for the state. This edition of the 1932 work includes the translator's introduction (by George Schwab) which highlights Schmitt's intellectual journey through the turbulent period of German history leading to the Hitlerian one-party state. It also includes Leo Strauss's analysis of Schmitt's thesis and a foreword by Tracy B. Strong placing Schmitt's work into contemporary context.
language: English
title: The Concept of the Political
titlecomplete: The Concept of the Political
genres: Classics, Law, Philosophy, Sociology, German Literature, Germany, Nonfiction, Theory, Political Science, Politics
ratings_count: 2907
publisher: University of Chicago Press