In the dark years : 1933-1945 -- The sovereign moment : sources of Schmitt's theory of the state -- Norm and exception : Carl Schmitt's concept of sovereignty -- The political and its theory -- Constitutional theory -- Constitutional failure.
Constitutional failure: Carl Schmitt in Weimar
by Kennedy, Ellen, Duke University Press
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Constitutional Failure is a major contribution to studies of the German political philosopher Carl Schmitt (1888-1985), the Weimar Republic, and the relationship of constitutionalism, political economy, and democracy. An internationally renowned scholar of Weimar legal theory, E…
The author's argument that Carl Schmitt's critique of Weimar Republic liberalism cannot be countered by reforming liberalism is also a contribution to current political theory and an analysis of contemporary liberalism.
Carl Schmitt (1888-1985) ist als Theoretiker des Ausnahmezustands heute wieder ein Autor der Stunde: Kein anderer Jurist des 20. Jahrhunderts analysierte die Erosionen und Transformationen liberaldemokratischer Verfassungen in präsidiale, autoritäre und diktatorische Regimes so …
Reorienting the Political examines the reception of two controversial German philosophers, Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss, in the Chinese-speaking world. This volume explores the powerful resonance of both thinkers in Chinese political thought from a cross-cultural and interdiscip…