Law as Politics: Carl Schmitt's Critique of Liberalism by David Dyzenhaus (Engli

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In an effort to advance our understanding not only of Schmitt but of current problems of liberal democracy, David Dyzenhaus presents translations of classic German essays on Schmitt alongside more recent writings by distinguished political theorists and jurists.

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While antiliberal legal theorist Carl Schmitt has long been considered by Europeans to be one of this century's most significant political philosophers, recent challenges to the fundamental values of liberal democracies have made Schmitt's writings an unavoidable subject of debate in North America as well. In an effort to advance our understanding not only of Schmitt but of current problems of liberal democracy, David Dyzenhaus presents translations of classic German essays on Schmitt alongside more recent writings by distinguished political theorists and jurists. Neither a defence of nor an attack on Schmitt, this book offers the first balanced response to his powerful critique of liberalism. One of the major players in the 1920s debates, an outspoken critic of the Versailles Treaty and the Weimar Constitution, and a member of the Nazi party who provided juridical respectability to Hitler's policies, Schmitt contended that people are a polity only to the extend that they share common enemies.He saw the liberal notion of a peaceful world of universal citizens as a sheer impossibility and attributed the problems of weimar to liberalism and its inability to cope with pluralism and political conflict. In the decade since his death, Schmitt's writings have been taken up by both the right and the left and scholars differ greatly in their evaluation of Schmitt's ideas. This book thematically organises in one volume the varying engagements and confrontations with Schmitt's work and allows scholars to acknowledge - and therefore be in a better position to negotiate - an important paradox inscribed in the very nature of liberal democracy. "Law as Politics" will interest political philosophers, legal theorists, historians, and anyone interested in Schmitt's relevance to current discussions of liberalism.

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"Law as Politicsreveals the full force of Schmitt's challenge to the pieties of liberal thought, as well as providing ample ammunition for those eager to meet it. In so doing, it significantly elevates the level of the English-language discussion of this powerful and troubling thinker."-Martin Jay, University of California at Berkeley

Author Biography

David Dyzenhaus is Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Toronto and author of Legality and Legitimacy: Carl Schmitt, Hans Kelsen, and Hermann Heller in Weimar.

Table of Contents

Foreword / Ronald Beiner Acknowledgments Introduction: Why Carl Schmitt? / David Dyzenhaus PART I: POLITICAL THEORY AND LAW Carl Schmitt's Critique of Liberalism: Systematic Reconstruction and Countercriticism / Heiner Bielefeldt The Concept of the Political: A Key to Understanding Carl Schmitt's Constitutional Theory / Ernst-Wolfgang Bockenforde From Legitimacy to Dictatorship — and Back Again: Leo Strauss's Critique of the Anti-Liberalism of Carl Schmitt / Ellen Kennedy Pluralism and the Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy / Dominique Leydet Liberalism as a "Metaphysical System": The Methodological Structure of Carl Schmitt's Critique of Political Rationalism / Reinhard Mehring Carl Schmitt and the Paradox of Liberal Democracy / Chantal Mouffe PART II: LEGAL THEORY AND POLITICS Carl Schmitt on Sovereignty and Constituent Power / Renato Cristi The 1933 "Break" in Carl Schmitt's Theory / Ingeborg Maus The Dilemmas of Dictatorship: Carl Schmitt and Constitutional Emergency Powers / John P. McCormick Revolutions and Constitutions: Hannah Arendt's Challenge to Carl Schmitt / William E. Scheuerman Carl Schmitt's Internal Critique of Liberal Constitutionalsim: Verfassungslehre as a Response to the Weimar State Crisis / Jeffrey Seitzer Notes on Contributors Index

Review

"Law as Politics reveals the full force of Schmitt's challenge to the pieties of liberal thought, as well as providing ample ammunition for those eager to meet it. In so doing, it significantly elevates the level of the English-language discussion of this powerful and troubling thinker."—Martin Jay, University of California at Berkeley"Everybody interested in the workings of the modern state in good and hard times and its prospects for the future will profit from reading these essays on this famous and infamous German legal theorist."—Winfried Bruger, Universität Heidelberg

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" Law as Politics reveals the full force of Schmitt's challenge to the pieties of liberal thought, as well as providing ample ammunition for those eager to meet it. In so doing, it significantly elevates the level of the English-language discussion of this powerful and troubling thinker."-Martin Jay, University of California at Berkeley

Details ISBN0822322447 Pages 336 Language English ISBN-10 0822322447 ISBN-13 9780822322443 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 320.092 Year 1998 Imprint Duke University Press Place of Publication North Carolina Country of Publication United States Translated from German Edited by David Dyzenhaus Publisher Duke University Press Short Title LAW AS POLITICS -PB DOI 10.1604/9780822322443 UK Release Date 1998-12-21 AU Release Date 1998-12-21 NZ Release Date 1998-12-21 US Release Date 1998-12-21 Author David Dyzenhaus Publication Date 1998-12-21 Subtitle Carl Schmitt's Critique of Liberalism Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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