The Challenge of the Exception: An Introduction to the Political Ideas of Carl Schmitt between 1921 and 1936

Abstract

Introduction to the Second Edition Preface Introduction Schmitt and the Weimar Constitution: 1921-1933 The Meaning of Dictatorship The Meaning of Sovereignty The Meaning of Democracy and Liberalism The Meaning of the Presidial System Hitler Conquers Weimar Schmitt and National Socialism: 1933-1936 State, Movement, People Concrete-Order Thinking Army, Party, State Theology, Defeat, and the Benito Cereno Myth Conclusion Bibliography Index of Names Subject Index