Carl Schmitt

Broschiertes Buch

The Leviathan in the State Theory of Thomas Hobbes

Meaning and Failure of a Political Symbol

Übersetzer: Schwab, George; Hilfstein, Erna

Beschreibung

One of the most significant political philosophers of the twentieth century, Carl Schmitt is a deeply controversial figure who has been labeled both a Nazi sympathizer and a modern-day Thomas Hobbes. This work uses the Enlightenment philosopher's enduring symbol of the protective Leviathan to address the nature of modern statehood.

Autor

Carl Schmitt (1888-1985) was a legal and political theorist and constitutional lawyer. He is the author of several books published by the University of Chicago Press, including The Concept of the Political and Political Theology. George D. Schwab is the president of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, which he cofounded in 1974, and professor emeritus of history at the City University of New York (Graduate Center and City College). Erna Hilfstein (1925-2003) was a science historian and the author of Sarowolski's Biographies of Copernicus.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 232g
• ISBN-13: 9780226738949
• ISBN-10: 0226738949
• Artikelnr.: 24081175