Carl Schmitt in English

October 1, 2006

By Craig McFarlane
Please send additions and corrections to cmcfarla@yorku.ca

Note: Original date (in square-brackets) refers to the translated version,

where there are multiple editions, and not necessarily to the first edition.

Books
2005[1934] Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty (George
Schwab, trans) University of Chicago Press. [Reprint of 1985]
2004[1937] War/Non-War: A Dilemma (Simona Draghici, trans) Plutarch Press.
2004[1958] Legality and Legitimacy (Jeffrey Seitzer, trans) Duke University Press.
2004[1934] On the Three Types of Juristic Thought (Joseph Bendersky, trans) Praegar.
2003[1974] The Nomos of the Earth in the International Law of the Jus Publicum Europaeum
(G.L. Ulmen, trans) Telos Press.
1997[1954] Land and Sea (Simona Draghici, trans) Plutarch Press.
1996[1959] The Tyranny of Values (Simona Draghici, trans) Plutarch Press.
1996[1938] The Leviathan in the State Theory of Thomas Hobbes: Meaning and Failure of a
Political Symbol (George Schwab and Erna Hilfstein, trans) Greenwood Press.
1996[1932] The Concept of the Political (George Schwab, trans) University of Chicago Press.
[Reprint of 1976]
1996[1923] Roman Catholicism and Political Form (G.L. Ulmen, trans) Greenwood Press.
1988[1923] The Idea of Representation: A Discussion (E.M. Codd, trans) Plutarch Press.
[Reprint of 1931]
1986[1925] Political Romanticism (Guy Oakes, trans) MIT Press.
1985[1923] The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy (Ellen Kennedy, trans) MIT Press.
1985[1934] Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty (George
Schwab, trans) MIT Press.
1976[1932] The Concept of the Political (George Schwab, trans) Rutgers University Press.
1931[1923] The Necessity of Politics: An Essay on the Representative Idea of the Church and
Modern Europe (E.M. Codd, trans) Sheed & Ward.
 Articles & Essays
2004[1975] “Theory of the Partisan: Intermediate Commentary on the Concept of the
Political” Telos 127, 11-78.
2004[1975] “The Theory of the Partisan: A Commentary/Remark on the Concept of the
Political” (A.C. Goodson, trans) The New Centennial Review 4(3), 1-78.
2003[1953] “Appropriation/Distribution/Production: An Attempt to Determine from Nomos
the Basic Questions of Every Social and Economic Order” in The Nomos of the
Earth in the International Law of the Jus Publicum Europaeum (G.L. Ulmen,
trans) Telos Press, 324-35. [Reprint of 1993]
2003[1957] “Nomos – Nahme – Name” in The Nomos of the Earth in the International Law of
the Jus Publicum Europaeum (G.L. Ulmen, trans) Telos Press, 336-50.
2003[1955] “The New Nomos of the Earth” in The Nomos of the Earth in the International
Law of the Jus Publicum Europaeum (G.L. Ulmen, trans) Telos Press, 351-55.
2002[1950] “The Unknown Donoso Cortes” (Mark Grzeskowiak, trans) Telos 125, 80-6.
2002[1950] “Donoso Cortes in Berlin” (Mark Grzeskowiak, trans) Telos 125, 87-99.
2002[1950] “A Pan-European Interpretation of Donoso Cortes” (Mark Grzeskowiak, trans)
Telos 125, 100-15.
2001[1933] “State, Movement, People: The Triadic Structure of Political Unity” in State,
Movement, People: The Triadic Structure of Political Unity (Simona Draghici,
trans) Plutarch Press, 3-54.
2001[1950] “The Question of Legality” in State, Movement, People: The Triadic Structure of
Political Unity (Simona Draghici, trans) Plutarch Press, 55-64.
2001[1912] “Statute and Judgment” in Weimar: A Jurisprudence of Crisis University of
California Press, 63-5. [Extract]
2001[1925] “The Status Quo and the Peace” in Weimar: A Jurisprudence of Crisis University
of California Press, 290-4. [Extract]
2001[1928] “The Liberal Rule of Law” in Weimar: A Jurisprudence of Crisis University of
California Press, 294-300.
2001[1930] “State Ethics and the Pluralist State” in Weimar: A Jurisprudence of Crisis
University of California Press, 300-12.
2001[1935] “The Constitution of Freedom” in Weimar: A Jurisprudence of Crisis University
of California Press, 323-5.
1999 “The Way to the Total State” in Four Articles, 1931-1938 (Simona Draghici,
trans) Plutarch Press.
1999[1933] “Further Development of the Total State in Germany” in Four Articles, 1931-
1938 (Simona Draghici, trans) Plutarch Press.
1999 “Total Enemy, Total War” in Four Articles, 1931-1938 (Simona Draghici, trans)
Plutarch Press.
1999 “Neutrality According to International Law and National Totality” in Four
Articles, 1931-1938 (Simona Draghici, trans) Plutarch Press.
1999[1930] “Ethic of State and Pluralistic State” (David Dyzenhaus, trans) in The Challenge
of Carl Schmitt Verso Books, 195-208.
1998[1933] “Strong State and Sound Economy: An Address to Business Leaders” (Renato
Cristi, trans) in Carl Schmitt and Authoritarian Liberalism: Strong State, Free
Economy University of Wales Press, 212-32.
1996[1937] “The State as Mechanism in Hobbes and Descartes” (George Schwab and Erna
Hilfstein, trans) in The Leviathan in the State Theory of Thomas Hobbes:
Meaning and Failure of a Political Symbol Greenwood Press, 91-103.
1996[1974] “The Land Appropriation of the New World” (G.L. Ulmen, trans) Telos 109, 29-
80. [Part II of Nomos]
1993[1929] “The Age of Neutralizations and Depoliticizations” (John McCormick, trans)
Telos 96, 130-142.
1993[1953] “Appropriation/Distribution/Production: Toward a Proper Formulation of the
Basic Questions of any Social and Economic Order” (G.L. Ulmen, trans) Telos
95, 52-64.
1992[1928] “The Constitutional Theory of Federation” (G.L. Ulmen, trans) Telos 91, 26-56.
1990[1943-4] “The Plight of European Jurisprudence” (G.L. Ulmen, trans) Telos 83, 35-70.
1987[1978] “The Legal World Revolution” (G.L. Ulmen, trans) Telos 72, 73-89.
1987[1947] “Interrogation of Carl Schmitt at Nuremberg by Robert Kempner (I-III)” (Joseph
Bendersky, trans) Telos 72, 97-107.
1987[1947] “On Grossraum, The Hitler Regime, and Collaboration (I-III)” (Josephn
Bendersky, trans) Telos 72, 107-16.
1987[1944-7] “Ex Captivitate Salus: A Poem” (G.L. Ulmen, trans) Telos 72, 130.
1987[1956] “The Source of the Tragic” (David Pan, trans) Telos 72, 133-46. [Chapter 3 of
Hamlet oder Hekuba: Der Einbruch der Zeit in das Spiel]
1987[1956] “On The Barbaric Character of Shakespearean Drama: A Response to Walter
Benjamin on The Origin of German Tragic Drama” (David Pan, trans) Telos 72,
146-51. [Appendix in Hamlet oder Hekuba: Der Einbruch der Zeit in das Spiel]
1932[1923] “The Necessity of Politics” (E.M. Cobb, trans) in Vital Realities The MacMillan
Company.

Correspondence
2001 “Alexender Kojeve-Carl Schmitt Correspondence” (Erik de Vries, trans)
Interpretation 29(1), 91-115.
1999 “From Walter Benjamin to Carl Schmitt, via Thomas Hobbes” Horst Bredekamp
(Melissa Thorson Hause and Jackson Bond, trans) Critical Inquiry 25(2), 247-66.
1995 “Leo Strauss: Three Letters to Carl Schmitt” Heinrich Meier (J. Harvey Lomax,
trans) Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss: The Hidden Dialogue University of Chicago
Press.