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Carl Schmitt: Politics and Theory (Contributions in Political Science)
Carl Schmitt Politics and Theory - Contributions in Political Science Author:Paul Edward Gottfried Gottfried looks at Schmitt as a critic of modern liberalism and as a defender of the national state who carefully examined Western historical and political traditions. Challenging the view that Schmitt was a mere polemicist who set out to subvert "German Democracy", Gottfried's work argues instead, that Schmitt criticized liberal democracy from ... more »a highly liberal reflective position that combined analytical depth with staggering erudition. This new source also provides a useful bibliography on secondary literature dealing with Carl Schmitt's work.« less