Carl Schmitt and the Jews: The "Jewish Question, the Holocaust, and German Legal Theory

by Peter Caldwell and Raphael Gross

Book Overview

German jurist and legal theorist Carl Schmitt (1888-1985) significantly influenced Western political and legal thinking in the last century, yet his life and work have also stirred considerable controversy. While his ideas have been used and diffused by prominent philosophers on both the left and the right, such as J rgen Habermas and Leo Strauss, his Nazi-era past, especially his active efforts to remove Jewish influence from German law, has cast...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299222403
• ISBN13: 9780299222406
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"