“Contains much of what is fundamental in Schmitt’s understanding of the political nature of man and the state, including his contentious definition of the political as the distinction between friend and enemy. . . . Its scholarship is unquestionable.”
— Joseph W. Bendersky, Canadian Journal of Political and Social Theory
“The best introduction to Schmitt’s thought.”
— Mark Lilla, New York Review of Books
"Arguably Schmitt’s most influential work was The Concept of the Political, a short essay with a lasting legacy, recognised as one of the most important tracts of modern political thought."
— Samuel Earle, New Statesman
"This foundational work is now available in an 'expanded edition' from University of Chicago Press. . . . Minor disagreements over terms fade . . . in light of the superb job Schwab has done rendering Schmitt's long, multi-clausal German sentences into concise, pellucid English."
— Robert D. Rachlin, HNet