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"Offering a concise account of Schmitt's life and career along with discussions of his key concepts, Muller explains why interest in the political theorist continues. He analyzes Schmitt's post-1945 writings on international order, partisanship, and terror. He explores in detail the responses of liberal thinkers to Schmitt's challenging legacy and the highly ingenious (and often problematic) defenses of liberalism they devised. Muller offers a range of insights into the liberalization of political thinking in post-authoritarian societies and the persistent vulnerabilities and blind spots of…
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2 editions- Hardcover · English · 2003Yale University Press · 304 pages · 9780300099324
- Other · English · 2003Dangerous MindYale University Press · 304 pages · 9780300196498
LiberalismPolitical and social viewsSchmitt, carl, 1888-1985Jc263 .s358 2003320.51