PLSC 27301 /37301 - Weimar Political Theology:Schmitt and Strauss

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University of Chicago

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PQ: Prior reading of Schmitt's Political Theology and consent of instructor. This course is devoted to the idea of "political theology" during the interwar period in twentieth-century Central Europe. We focus specifically on the writings of and the intellectual exchange between Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss, two authors who considered the extent to which both serious intellectual endeavors and politicalauthority require extra-rational and transcendent foundations. J. McCormick. Winter. ( A)

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.UCHICAGO.EDU

Phone Number:

(773) 702-1234

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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