Hubertus Buchstein, „Enduring Enmity: The Story of Otto Kirchheimer and Carl Schmitt“
To date, the relationship between Otto Kirchheimer and Carl Schmitt has invariably been described as friendly, despite their political differences. Kirchheimer has even been attributed the role of the godfather of today’s left-Schmittianism. With reference to previously unknown archival materials, conversations with personal contacts, and through a new reading of the theoretical works of both authors, including an analysis of the Nazi vocabulary used by Schmitt, Hubertus Buchstein exposes this view as a politically motivated legend. Buchstein claims that the best way to characterize their relationship from their first meeting in Bonn in 1926 up until Kirchheimer’s death in 1965 is as enduring enmity – in a political, a theoretical, and even a personal sense.
Overview Chapters
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Translator’s Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction: Refuting the Legends
The Weimar Republic
Chapter 2: The Beginnings in Bonn (1926–1928)
Chapter 3: Democracy in Disagreement (1928–1931)
Chapter 4: Two Versions of Anti-Imperialism
Chapter 5: Escalating Antagonisms (1932)
Chapter 6: The Methodological Debate and Weimar’s Final Days (1933)
Schmitt in Nazi Germany and Kirchheimer in Exile
Chapter 7: The Consolidation of the Third Reich (1933–1934)
Chapter 8: Confrontations Across Borders (1935–1937)
Chapter 9: From Leviathan to Behemoth (1938–1942)
Chapter 10: Practicing Antisemitism and Analyzing Antisemitism
Chapter 11: Preparing Germany for New Wars (1936–1939)
Chapter 12: From Großraum Theory to the Escalation of World War II (1939–1942)
Chapter 13: On the Road to the Nuremberg Trials (1943–1945)
Postwar Democracies
Chapter 14: Dealing with the Future—and the Past (1946–1948)
Chapter 15: Renewed Contact and Controversy (1949–1956)
Chapter 16: Juridification and Political Justice (1957–1961)
Chapter 17: The Final Break (1962–1965)
Conclusion
Chapter 18: Kirchheimer’s Strategies for Debating Schmitt
Appendix
Abbreviations
List of German Courts
Glossary
Sources and Bibliography
Index of Names
18 June 2024, 576 pages
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