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Paperback: 182 pages
Publisher: MIT Press; New edition edition (1 Jan 1988)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0262691264
ISBN-13: 978-0262691260
Product Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 1.2 cm
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"Today what Carl Schmitt has to say against the 'universal significance of the belief in discussion' is once again relevant. Here his criticisms penetrate the heart of Western rationalism." - Jurgen Habermas, "The Times Literary Supplement"

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