{"product_id":"9781509566242","title":"State Composition and Collapse of the Second Reich The Victory of the Bourgeois Citizen over the Soldier","description":"\u003ch1\u003eState Composition and Collapse of the Second Reich\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Victory of the Bourgeois Citizen over the Soldier\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCarl Schmitt | Samuel Garrett Zeitlin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ History \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewly published for the first time in English translation, Carl Schmitt's 1934 tract, \u003ci\u003eState Composition and Collapse of the Second Reich: The Victory of the Bourgeois Citizen over the Soldier\u003c\/i\u003e, is an important addition to the corpus of Schmitt's work in English. Written and published at the height of Carl Schmitt's entanglement with National Socialism, this work outlines Schmitt's historical and propagandistic account of the collapse of the Second German Empire and of Germany's defeat in the First World War and sets the stage for his account of what should come next.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this swiftly paced polemical history, Schmitt locates the roots of Germany's defeat in the First World War in constitutional compromises between the Prussian soldier state and the liberal bourgeois citizenry forged in the course of the nineteenth century. These compromises left unresolved the tension between liberal constitutionalism and an executive-led strong state built on military power, preventing the Reich from being able to mobilize German society in order to wage a successful war effort. Schmitt's account of how the Bismarckian Reich was undermined from within serves as a guide, in his view, for how the Nazi regime should avoid a similar fate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA work of crisply riveting and, at times, haunting prose, Schmitt's \u003ci\u003eState Composition and Collapse of the Second Reich\u003c\/i\u003e will be a source of persistent historical interest to all students of history, politics, Nazism, political thought, and the First and Second World Wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eCarl Schmitt (1888-1985)\u003c\/b\u003e is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important and influential political theorists of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamuel Garrett Zeitlin\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Modern Intellectual History at University College London.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 February 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781509566242\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e144\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315313963148,"sku":"9781509566242","price":31.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781509566242_869c660e-eb39-47c9-9ecc-0dc21e015128.jpg?v=1780106831","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781509566242","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}