{"product_id":"the-enemy-an-intellectual-portrait-of-carl-schmitt-9781859843598","title":"The Enemy: An Intellectual Portrait of Carl Schmitt","description":"The writings of Carl Schmitt form what is arguably the most disconcerting, original, and yet still unfamiliar body of twentieth-century political thought. In the English-speaking world, he is \u003ci\u003eterra incognita\u003c\/i\u003e, a name associated with Nazism, the author of a largely untranslated oeuvre forming no recognizable system, coming to us from a disturbing place and time in the form of fragments. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive reconstruction and analysis of all of Schmitt's major works--his books, articles and pamphlets from 1919 to 1950--presented in an arresting narrative form. The revelation of his work is that, unlike mainstream Nazi ideology, Schmitt makes a strong philosophical claim for the necessity of confrontational politics within a democratic system; a claim that has resonance in today's hegemony of consensual politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGopal Balakrishnan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Enemy: An Intellectual Portrait of Carl Schmitt\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor of \u003ci\u003eDebating \"Empire\"\u003c\/i\u003e and (with Benedict Anderson) \u003ci\u003eMapping the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. A member of the \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e editorial board, he teaches Contemporary Theory at the University of California, Santa Cruz.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50856964882706,"sku":"9781859843598","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_963441da-3afb-4e14-8340-61d91ba006cc.jpg?v=1737516620","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-enemy-an-intellectual-portrait-of-carl-schmitt-9781859843598","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}