{"title":"Carl Schmitt","description":"\u003cp\u003eCarl Schmitt's works delve into the complexities of sovereignty, power, and the nature of the political. His writings explore the boundaries between law and authority, examining how states assert control during times of crisis and transformation. Readers encounter profound discussions on dictatorship, political theology, and the underpinnings of state structures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInterweaving philosophy and political theory, Schmitt challenges conventional views on order and legitimacy, drawing on historical and philosophical sources such as Thomas Hobbes. His texts are essential for those interested in the intersections of \u003cem\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Current Affairs\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy \u0026amp; Psychology\u003c\/em\u003e, offering critical insights into the dynamics that shape political life.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"state-composition-and-collapse-of-the-second-reich-by-carl-schmitt-9781509566242","title":"State Composition and Collapse of the Second Reich","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNewly published for the first time in English translation, Carl Schmitt’s 1934 tract, \u003ci\u003eState Composition and Collapse of the Second Reich: The Victory of the Bourgeois Citizen over the Soldier\u003c\/i\u003e, is an important addition to the corpus of Schmitt’s work in English. Written and published at the height of Carl Schmitt's entanglement with National Socialism, this work outlines Schmitt’s historical and propagandistic account of the collapse of the Second German Empire and of Germany’s defeat in the First World War, setting the stage for his account of what should come next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this swiftly paced polemical history, Schmitt locates the roots of Germany’s defeat in the First World War in constitutional compromises between the Prussian soldier state and the liberal bourgeois citizenry forged in the course of the nineteenth century. These compromises left unresolved the tension between liberal constitutionalism and an executive-led strong state built on military power, preventing the Reich from being able to mobilize German society in order to wage a successful war effort. Schmitt’s account of how the Bismarckian Reich was undermined from within serves as a guide, in his view, for how the Nazi regime should avoid a similar fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA work of crisply riveting and, at times, haunting prose, Schmitt’s \u003ci\u003eState Composition and Collapse of the Second Reich\u003c\/i\u003e will be a source of persistent historical interest to all students of history, politics, Nazism, political thought, and the First and Second World Wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46871497212140,"sku":"9781509566242","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12684673482725.jpg?v=1759882485"},{"product_id":"political-theology-four-chapters-on-the-concept-of-sovereignty-by-tracy-b-strong-9780226738895","title":"Political Theology – Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in the intense political and intellectual tumult of the early years of the Weimar Republic, \u003ci\u003ePolitical Theology\u003c\/i\u003e develops the distinctive theory of sovereignty that made Carl Schmitt one of the most significant and controversial political theorists of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the relationships among political leadership, the norms of the legal order, and the state of political emergency, Schmitt argues in \u003ci\u003ePolitical Theology\u003c\/i\u003e that legal order ultimately rests upon the decisions of the sovereign. According to Schmitt, only the sovereign can meet the needs of an \"exceptional\" time and transcend legal order so that order can then be reestablished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eConvinced that the state is governed by the ever-present possibility of conflict, Schmitt theorizes that the state exists only to maintain its integrity in order to ensure order and stability. Suggesting that all concepts of modern political thought are secularized theological concepts, Schmitt concludes \u003ci\u003ePolitical Theology\u003c\/i\u003e with a critique of liberalism and its attempt to depoliticize political thought by avoiding fundamental political decisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47427421831404,"sku":"9780226738895","price":81.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226738895.jpg?v=1774767650"},{"product_id":"the-concept-of-the-political-expanded-edition-by-tracy-b-strong-9780226738925","title":"The Concept of the Political – Expanded Edition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this, his most influential work, legal theorist and political philosopher Carl Schmitt argues that liberalism’s basis in individual rights cannot provide a reasonable justification for sacrificing oneself for the state—a critique as cogent today as when it first appeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGeorge Schwab’s introduction to his translation of the 1932 German edition highlights Schmitt’s intellectual journey through the turbulent period of German history leading to the Hitlerian one-party state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to analysis by Leo Strauss and a foreword by Tracy B. Strong placing Schmitt’s work into contemporary context, this expanded edition also includes a translation of Schmitt’s 1929 lecture “The Age of Neutralizations and Depoliticizations,” which the author himself added to the 1932 edition of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn essential update on a modern classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Concept of the Political, Expanded Edition\u003c\/i\u003e belongs on the bookshelf of anyone interested in political theory or philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428237557996,"sku":"9780226738925","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226738925.jpg?v=1774766854"},{"product_id":"the-leviathan-in-the-state-theory-of-thomas-hobbes-by-carl-schmitt-9780226738949","title":"The Leviathan in the State Theory of Thomas Hobbes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the most significant political philosophers of the twentieth century, Carl Schmitt is a deeply controversial figure who has been labelled both Nazi sympathiser and modern-day Thomas Hobbes. 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