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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Faculty of Law | Integrative Research Institute Law & Society (LSI) | "Enduring Enmity. The Story of Otto Kirchheimer and Carl Schmitt", Book Launch with Hubertus Buchstein (University of Greifswald)

"Enduring Enmity. The Story of Otto Kirchheimer and Carl Schmitt", Book Launch with Hubertus Buchstein (University of Greifswald)

  • When Dec 16, 2024 from 06:00 to 08:00
  • Where HU Berlin, Law Faculty, Room E25 and online, register here: law-and-society@hu-berlin.de
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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.

 

Hubertus Buchstein holds the Chair of Political Theory and History of Ideas at the University of Greifswald. Among other things, he is co-editor of the Collected Writings of Otto Kirchheimer (Gesamtausgabe). His research focuses on the history of ideas in political science, democratic theory and critical theory.

 

The event will be held in German. It is part our series LSI Berlin Book Launch and is co-hosted by the Chair of Political Theory (Prof. Dr. Christian Volk).