Theory of the Partisan

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Theory of the Partisan
Author Carl Schmitt
Original titleTheorie des Partisanen
TranslatorG. L. Ulmen
Country West Germany
LanguageGerman
PublisherDuncker & Humblot
Publication date
1963
Published in English
1 June 2007
Pages96

Theory of the Partisan: Intermediate Commentary on the Concept of the Political (German : Theorie des Partisanen. Zwischenbemerkung zum Begriff des Politischen) is a 1963 book by the German writer Carl Schmitt. [1] [2] [3] It is based on two lectures Schmitt held in Francoist Spain in 1962 and covers military history, political philosophy and the legal and administrative aspects of partisanship. Schmitt intended it as a concretisation and update for the post-war period of his thesis from The Concept of the Political (1932). [4]

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