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A translation of Carl Schmitt's classic explanation of the nature and historical/sociological significance of political Catholicism.

Table of Contents

Introduction by G. L. Ulmen
Note on the Translation by G. L. Ulmen
Roman Catholicism and Political Form
Appendix: The Visibility of the Church: A Scholastic Consideration
Index

About the Author

Carl Schmitt

G. L. ULMEN is a senior editor for Telos: A Quarterly Journal of Critical Thought. Dr. Ulmen has published widely on juridical and political issues in both Europe and the United States. His latest book is Politischer Mehrwert: Eine Studie über Max Weber und Carl Schmitt (1991).

Reviews

?This work is important because it shows that beneath Schmitt's surface realism lie some very firm notions about the ideal political order and how nearly the Catholic Church once embodied it.?-The New York Review of Books

"This work is important because it shows that beneath Schmitt's surface realism lie some very firm notions about the ideal political order and how nearly the Catholic Church once embodied it."-The New York Review of Books