{"product_id":"thomas-hobbes-and-carl-schmitt-johan-tralau-9780415661218","title":"Thomas Hobbes and Carl Schmitt: The Politics of Order and Myth","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Hobbes, the English 17th century philosopher, and Carl Schmitt, Hitler's 'crown jurist', a political thinker and author of an enigmatic book on Hobbes, are increasingly relevant today for two reasons. First, they address the problem of political order, so important when we witness failed states, the privatisation of war, and the rise of political violence that does not derive from the state. Secondly, they are both crucial sources for the use of mythology in politics; moreover, they address the key issue of our time, namely, the relation between politics and religion. This collection of important new essays addresses Hobbes and Schmitt as political thinkers, their importance for present-day politics and society, their conceptions of myth and politics, and Schmitt's use of Hobbes in (and some say against) the Third Reich. When myth, violence and revelation re-emerge as political forces, it is important to understand Hobbes's and Schmitt's answers to the problems of their time - and to those of ours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was based on a special issue of the \u003cem\u003eCritical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Johan Tralau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415661218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415661218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.45d","brand":"Johan Tralau","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056084447487,"sku":"9780415661218","price":68.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43aade31-7d51-45df-8c4f-08b0f8161d7c.jpg?v=1685039425","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thomas-hobbes-and-carl-schmitt-johan-tralau-9780415661218","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}