Hjalmar Falk
Biographic Data
| ID | 3755932 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hjalmar Falk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hjalmar |
| FAMILY NAME | Falk |
| SIGNATURE | FALK H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gothenburg |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1938 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The modern Epimetheus
This paper deals with the reactionary form of chronopolitics that characterizes the work of the German jurist, political theorist, and radical conservative intellectual Carl Schmitt (1888–1985). Called both the latest classic of political thought and the Crown Jurist of the Third Reich, Schmitt remains a controversial figure, not least because of his practical support of the Nazi regime and his authoritarianism. Another controversial aspect of Sc…
Carl Schmitt and the Challenges of Interwar Internationalism. Against Weimar – Geneva – Versailles
In the aftermath of World War I, liberal internationalist politicians and intellectuals attempted to lay the ground for a new world order, based on trade and law. Their ambitious project entailed the building of international institutions, as well as the formal outlawing of war with the Kellogg-Briand Pact in 1928. Among the fiercest critics of the liberal internationalist project of the interwar years was the near-infamous German jurist Carl Sch…
The ‘Theological Nihilism’ of Friedrich Gogarten. On a Context in Karl Löwith’s Critique of Carl Schmitt
This essay discusses the philosopher Karl Löwith’s critique of the jurist Carl Schmitt and the theologian Friedrich Gogarten. My aim is twofold: first, I want to reconstruct Löwith’s thesis in his 1935 article on Schmitt’s ‘occasional decisionism’ (updated to include a critique of Gogarten in 1960), together with a reading of some central texts by Schmitt and Gogarten; second, I want to raise some critical points regarding Löwith’s claims through…
Scandinavian Archaeology
Scandinavian Archaeology
The modern Epimetheus
This paper deals with the reactionary form of chronopolitics that characterizes the work of the German jurist, political theorist, and radical conservative intellectual Carl Schmitt (1888–1985). Called both the latest classic of political thought and the Crown Jurist of the Third Reich, Schmitt remains a controversial figure, not least because of his practical support of the Nazi regime and his authoritarianism. Another controversial aspect of Sc…
Scandinavian Archaeology
The ‘Theological Nihilism’ of Friedrich Gogarten. On a Context in Karl Löwith’s Critique of Carl Schmitt
This essay discusses the philosopher Karl Löwith’s critique of the jurist Carl Schmitt and the theologian Friedrich Gogarten. My aim is twofold: first, I want to reconstruct Löwith’s thesis in his 1935 article on Schmitt’s ‘occasional decisionism’ (updated to include a critique of Gogarten in 1960), together with a reading of some central texts by Schmitt and Gogarten; second, I want to raise some critical points regarding Löwith’s claims through…
Carl Schmitt and the Challenges of Interwar Internationalism. Against Weimar – Geneva – Versailles
In the aftermath of World War I, liberal internationalist politicians and intellectuals attempted to lay the ground for a new world order, based on trade and law. Their ambitious project entailed the building of international institutions, as well as the formal outlawing of war with the Kellogg-Briand Pact in 1928. Among the fiercest critics of the liberal internationalist project of the interwar years was the near-infamous German jurist Carl Sch…
The modern Epimetheus
This paper deals with the reactionary form of chronopolitics that characterizes the work of the German jurist, political theorist, and radical conservative intellectual Carl Schmitt (1888–1985). Called both the latest classic of political thought and the Crown Jurist of the Third Reich, Schmitt remains a controversial figure, not least because of his practical support of the Nazi regime and his authoritarianism. Another controversial aspect of Sc…
Political Theology and Sovereignty (3 works) · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought (3 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works)