LECTURE (recorded): David ARMITAGE on intellectual history and treaties (London: LSE, 18 MAR 2021)

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Prof. David Armitage's lecture on treaties and intellectual history at LSE (announced earlier on this blog) has been recorded and rendered publicly available in MP3-format here.

BOOK REVIEW: Joshua SMELTZER, Carl Schmitt In and Out of History (LSE Review of Books)

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Review presentation:

In this long read, Joshua Smeltzer reviews two recent books that return to the works of infamous political and legal theorist Carl Schmitt, Perilous Futures: On Carl Schmitt’s Late Writings by Peter Uwe Hohendahl and Carl Schmitt’s State and Constitutional Theory: A Critical Analysis by Benjamin Schupmann. In the piece, Smeltzer reflects on some of the methodological challenges of studying Schmitt’s work in historical context, questions scholarly attempts to rehabilitate Schmitt as a liberal state theorist given his close involvement with Nazism and calls for greater attention on other protagonists in the intellectual history of German democracy.

Read further on the LSE Review of Books.

PODCAST: Law, History and Global Governance (Dr Megan Donaldson) [Interventions. The Intellectual History Podcast]

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Interventions, the Intellectual History Podcast (Cambridge) published an episode with dr. Megan Donaldson on "Law, History and Global Governance".

Series description:

What do intellectual historians currently investigate? And why is this relevant for us today? These are some of the questions our podcast series, led by graduate students at Cambridge, seeks to explore. It aims to introduce intellectual historians and their work to everyone with an interest in history and politics. Do join in on our conversations!

Listen here.