Political Anthropology |
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| Author:
| Plessner, Helmuth |
| Translator:
| Schott, Nils F. |
| Editor:
| Delitz, Heike
Seyfert, Robert |
| Epilogue by:
| Fischer, Joachim |
| Series title: | Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8101-3801-8 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2018 |
| Publisher: | Northwestern University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $99.95 |
Book Description:
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This is the first English translation of Helmuth Plessner's seminal work Political Anthropology (1931). In it, he outlines the anthropological foundations of the political and, in critical dialogue with Carl Schmitt, Eric Voegelin, and Martin Heidegger, seeks to dignify the political as a domain in which power enhances life.
This is the first English translation of Helmuth Plessner's seminal work Political Anthropology (1931). In it, he outlines the anthropological foundations of the political and, in critical dialogue with Carl Schmitt, Eric Voegelin, and Martin Heidegger, seeks to dignify the political as a domain in which power enhances life.