The Necessity of Politics: An Essay on the Representative Idea in the Church and Modern Europe - Softcover

Schmitt, Carl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1977823440 ISBN 13: 9781977823441

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

"The Necessity of Politics" is the first English translation of Carl Schmitt's 1923 essay Römischer Katholizismus und politische Form to appear in print. The translation, unattributed, was published in 1931 by Sheed & Ward as a part of their Essays in Order series with a substantial introduction written by Christopher Dawson. Now considered by scholars to be "so inaccurate" as to be "worse than useless," because it "distorts Schmitt's meaning," it may still be of some historical interest to readers.

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Carl Schmitt (1888-1985) is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important and influential political theorists of the twentieth century. Christopher Dawson (1889–1970) is recognized as one of the most important Catholic historians of the twentieth century, authoring numerous books, articles, and scholarly monographs. Dawson was lecturer in the History of Culture, University College, Exeter; Gifford lecturer; and Charles Chauncey Stillman Chair of Roman Catholic Studies at Harvard University from 1958 to 1962.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1977823440
• ISBN 13: 9781977823441
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 82