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One of the most significant political philosophers of the twentieth century, Carl Schmitt is a deeply controversial figure who has been labeled both a Nazi sympathizer and a modern-day Thomas Hobbes. This work uses the Enlightenment philosopher's enduring symbol of the protective Leviathan to address the nature of modern statehood.

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"The English translation of this work is truthful to the German original and permits the critical reader to understand Schmitt... the way he understood himself." - Mark Lilla, New York Review of Books "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"

The Leviathan in the State Theory of Thomas

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/10/2008
      ISBN13: 9780226738949, 978-0226738949
      ISBN10: 0226738949
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      One of the most significant political philosophers of the twentieth century, Carl Schmitt is a deeply controversial figure who has been labeled both a Nazi sympathizer and a modern-day Thomas Hobbes. This work uses the Enlightenment philosopher's enduring symbol of the protective Leviathan to address the nature of modern statehood.

      Trade Review
      "The English translation of this work is truthful to the German original and permits the critical reader to understand Schmitt... the way he understood himself." - Mark Lilla, New York Review of Books "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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