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Books by Carl Schmitt

Carl Schmitt (1888–1985) was a German jurist and political theorist whose work on sovereignty, constitutional law, and the nature of political conflict made him one of the most significant and controversial figures in twentieth-century political thought. He joined the Nazi Party in 1933 and provided intellectual support for the regime until he fell out of favor in 1936. After the war he was interned and barred from academic positions but continued to write privately. His major works include Political Theology, The Concept of the Political, The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy, and Constitutional Theory.