The Leviathan in the State Theory of Thomas Hobbes: Meaning and Failure of a Political Symbol

ISBN-13: 9780226738949 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 184 str.

Carl Schmitt; George Schwab; Erna Hilfstein

Opis

One of the most significant political philosophers of the twentieth century, Carl Schmitt is a deeply controversial figure who has been labeled both Nazi sympathizer and 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.

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
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