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9780197262870

The State of the Political Conceptions of Politics and the State in the Thought of Max Weber, Carl Schmitt and Franz Neumann

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  • ISBN13:

    9780197262870

  • ISBN10:

    0197262872

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-12-11
  • Publisher: British Academy
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Summary

This book challenges traditional interpretations of the political thought of Max Weber, Carl Schmitt, and Franz Neumann. Focusing on their adaptation of a German tradition of state-legal theory, the book offers a scholarly, contextualized account of the interrelationship between their political thought and practical political criticism.

Author Biography

Duncan Kelly is Lecturer in Politics, University of Sheffield.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
A note on the text and translations
Introduction - from Staatsrechtslehre to Behemothp. 1
Das Ratsel der Personlichkeit - Max Weber's Kulturkritikp. 22
Unmasking the 'personality' of the state - Max Weber, Staatsrechtslehre and the modern Statep. 73
In search of the Katechon? Carl Schmitt and the problem of political orderp. 161
Rethinking Franz Neumann's route to Behemothp. 258
Conclusion - Rousseau's paradoxp. 298
Bibliographyp. 309
Indexp. 355
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