Title: Dictatorship : from the origin of the modern concept of sovereignty to proletarian class struggle /
Authors: Schmitt, Carl, 1888-1985,; Hoelzl, Michael,; Ward, Graham, 1955-
Year: 2014
Subjects: Dictatorship; War and emergency powers; Germany Politics and government
Abstract: 'Dictatorship' is Carl Schmitt's most scholarly book and arguably a paradigm for his entire work. Written shortly after the Russian Revolution and the First World War, Schmitt analyses the problem of the state of emergency and the power of the Reichsprasident in declaring it.