The Leviathan in the State Theory of Thomas Hobbes
Meaning and Failure of a Political Symbol
Carl Schmitt author George Schwab translator Erna Hilfstein translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
Published:15th Oct '08
£23.00
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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. First published in 1938, "The Leviathan in the State Theory of Thomas Hobbes" used the Enlightenment philosopher's enduring symbol of the protective Leviathan to address the nature of modern statehood. A work that predicted the demise of the Third Reich and that still holds relevance in today's security-obsessed society, this volume will be essential reading for students and scholars of political science.
"The English translation of this work is truthful to the German original and permits the critical reader to understand Schmitt... the way he understood himself." - Mark Lilla, New York Review of Books "Carl Schmitt is surely the most controversial German political and legal philosopher of this century.... We deal with Schmitt, against all odds, because history stubbornly persists in proving many of his tenets right." - Perspectives on Political Science "A significant contribution.... The relation between Hobbes and Schmitt is one of the most important questions surrounding Schmitt: it includes a distinct, though occasionally vacillating, personal identification as well as an association of ideas." - Telos"
ISBN: 9780226738949
Dimensions: 21mm x 14mm x 1mm
Weight: 284g
184 pages