Carl Schmitt and the Jews : the "Jewish question," the Holocaust, and German legal theory / Raphael Gross ; translated by Joel Golb ; foreword by Peter C. Caldwell.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-328) and index.

The Jews in Schmitt's early work -- Schmitt's position in 1933 -- Schmitt's assault on the "Jewish legal state" -- "Judaism in legal studies" -- The French Revolution and the Catholic reaction -- The counterrevolution in the Weimar Republic -- Catholic atheism -- Political theology as a Festschrift for Max Weber -- Jewish emancipation or a "Christian state" -- Protestant atheism -- "Pure legal theory" as secularized theology of the enemy -- The Jews in the Christian history of salvation -- Depolitization -- Desubstantialization -- The flight into religion -- Schmitt's struggle against the theologians and Jews.