Screen LibraryCarl schmitt : theorist for the reich /
Basing his work on the writings of Schmitt and his contemporaries, extensive new archival documentation, and parts of Schmitt's personal papers, Professor Bendersky uses Schmitt's public career as a framework for re-evaluating his contributions to political and legal theory. This book esta...
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, N.J. : |
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[1983] ©1983 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Basing his work on the writings of Schmitt and his contemporaries, extensive new archival documentation, and parts of Schmitt's personal papers, Professor Bendersky uses Schmitt's public career as a framework for re-evaluating his contributions to political and legal theory. This book establishes that Schmitt's late Weimar writings were directed at preventing rather than encouraging the Nazi acquisition of power.Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(336pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781400853250 |
| Index Number: | JC263 |
| CLC: | D0 |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- One. Catholic Heritage, Education, and the State -- Two. Political Consciousness, Democracy, and Dictatorship -- Three. Character and Perspectives of a University Professor -- Four. Parliamentarianism vs. Presidential Power -- Five. Friend-Enemy Thesis and the Inviolable Constitution -- Six. The Pouvoir Neutre as Defender of the Constitution -- Seven. Presidential Government in the Midst of Controversy -- Eight. Legality, Neutrality, and Reality: The Constitution, the Court, and the Nazis -- Nine. The Constitutional Dilemma and Hitler s Legal Acquisition of Power -- Ten. The "Crown Jurist" of the Third Reich -- Eleven. The Purge of an Ideological Deviant -- Twelve. The Security of Silence? From Grossraum Theory to Nuremberg -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter. |