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 \u2013 in a political, a theoretical, and even a personal sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overview Chapters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Frontmatter<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contents<\/p>\n\n\n\n Acknowledgments<\/p>\n\n\n\n Translator’s Preface<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 1: Introduction: Refuting the Legends<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Weimar Republic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 2: The Beginnings in Bonn (1926\u20131928)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 3: Democracy in Disagreement (1928\u20131931)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 4: Two Versions of Anti-Imperialism<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 5: Escalating Antagonisms (1932)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 6: The Methodological Debate and Weimar’s Final Days (1933)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Schmitt in Nazi Germany and Kirchheimer in Exile<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 7: The Consolidation of the Third Reich (1933\u20131934)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 8: Confrontations Across Borders (1935\u20131937)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 9: From Leviathan to Behemoth (1938\u20131942)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 10: Practicing Antisemitism and Analyzing Antisemitism<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 11: Preparing Germany for New Wars (1936\u20131939)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 12: From Gro\u00dfraum Theory to the Escalation of World War II (1939\u20131942)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 13: On the Road to the Nuremberg Trials (1943\u20131945)<\/p>\n\n\n\n