Carl Schmitt's Critique of Liberalism

Against Politics as Technology

John P. McCormick (University of New Hampshire), Robert B. Pippin

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English

Cambridge University Press
15 November 1999

Philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Politics & government

Series: Modern European Philosophy

This is the first in-depth critical appraisal in English of the political, legal, and cultural writings of Carl Schmitt, perhaps this century's most brilliant critic of liberalism. It offers an assessment of this most sophisticated of fascist theorists without attempting either to apologise for or demonise him. Schmitt's Weimar writings confront the role of technology as it finds expression through the principles and practices of liberalism. Contemporary political conditions such as disaffection with liberalism and the rise of extremist political organizations have rendered Schmitt's work both relevant and insightful. John McCormick examines why technology becomes a rallying cry for both right- and left-wing intellectuals at times when liberalism appears anachronistic, and shows the continuities between Weimar's ideological debates and those of our own age.

By: John P. McCormick (University of New Hampshire)
Series edited by: Robert B. Pippin
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9780521664578
ISBN 10: 0521664578
Series: Modern European Philosophy
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 15 November 1999
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; Part I. Between Critical Theory and Political Existentialism: Schmitt's Confrontation with Technology: 1. Antinomies of 'economic-technical thought': attempting to transcend Weber's Categories of Modernity; 2. Myth as antidote to the 'Age of Neutralizations': Nietszche and cultural conflict as response to technology; Part II. Liberalism as Technology's Infiltration of Politics: 3. Emergency powers; 4. Representation; 5. Law; 6. The state; Part III. Liberalism and Fascism: Technology and Politics: Epilogue and summary; Conclusion.

Reviews for Carl Schmitt's Critique of Liberalism: Against Politics as Technology

...this extremely well researched work is filled with nuanced and intelligent discussions of Schmitt's legal philosophy, his changing attitude towards commissarial and sovereign dictatorship, his relationship to Lukacs, and a host of other topics. All serious students of Schmitt, Weber, the Frankfurt School, neo-Hegelianism, political representation, and the politics of technology will want to read it. American Political Science Review