The Leviathan in the State Theory of Thomas Hobbes
Meaning and Failure of a Political Symbol
The Leviathan in the State Theory of Thomas Hobbes
Meaning and Failure of a Political Symbol
“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
184 pages | 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 | © 2008
Philosophy: General Philosophy
Political Science: Political and Social Theory
Reviews
Table of Contents
Foreword, 2008
Carl Schmitt and Thomas Hobbes: Myth and Politics
Tracy B. Strong
Foreword, 1996
George Schwab
Introduction
George Schwab
Translator’s Note
George Schwab and Erna Hilfstein
Introduction
Carl Schmitt
Overview of Chapters I through VII
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Appendix: The State as a Mechanism in Hobbes and Descartes
Index
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