Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Abbreviations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Hamlet or Hecuba: Carl Schmitt’s Decision 23
7. 2. Sacred Kingship and Political Fiction: Ernst Kantorowicz, Carl Schmitt, Ernst Cassirer, and Walter Benjamin 55
8. 3. Machiavelli and Modernity: Leo Strauss, Carl Schmitt, and Ernst Cassirer 83
9. 4. Spinoza and Liberal Culture: Leo Strauss, Carl Schmitt, and Hannah Arendt 115
10. 5. Freud’s Spinoza/Freud’s Illusions 147
11. Coda 179
12. Notes 183
13. Index 241