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The Challenge of the Exception: An Introduction to the Political Ideas of Carl Schmitt Between 1921 and 1936; Second Edition, With a New Introduction (Contributions in Political Science)
The Challenge of the Exception An Introduction to the Political Ideas of Carl Schmitt Between 1921 and 1936 Second Edition With a New Introduction - Contributions in Political Science Author:George Schwab The Challenge of the Exception is the key that unlocked the ideas of Carl Schmitt, a leading political theorist and jurist who influenced the thoughts of, among others, Hannah Arendt, Carl Joachim Friedrich, Otto Kirchheimer, Hans Morgenthau, Franz Neumann, and Leo Strauss. Schwab clearly articulates Schmitt's key concepts and relates their cent... more »rality to politics and the state, to the political theory of liberalism, democracy and authoritarianism, and to international relations.« less