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First published in German as Ex Captivitate Salus. Erfahrungen der Zeit 1945/47, by Greven Verlag, Cologne, 1950. Fourth, extended edition © Duncker & Humblot GmbH, Berlin, 2015.
This English edition © Polity Press, 2017
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ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-1167-9
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Names: Schmitt, Carl, 1888-1985, author.
Title: Ex captivitate salus : experiences, 1945-47 / Carl Schmitt.
Other titles: Ex captivitate salus. English.
Description: Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : Polity Press, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017010109 (print) | LCCN 2017031142 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509511662 (Mobi) | ISBN 9781509511679 (Epub) | ISBN 9781509511631 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509511648 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Schmitt, Carl, 1888-1985. | Law--Philosophy. | Law teachers--Germany--Biography. | Nazis--Germany--Biography. | Prisoners’ writings, German.
Classification: LCC K230.S352 (ebook) | LCC K230.S352 E3313 2017 (print) | DDC 340.092--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017010109
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IN MEMORIAM
DR. WILHELM AHLMANN
† December 7, 1944
CÆCUS DEO PROPIVS
All translator interventions appear in square brackets, either in the main text or in footnotes. Most of Schmitt’s gendered pronouns are left as in the original, in part because he often clearly had himself in mind when writing of anonymous individuals. “Humankind,” “humanity” and related terms are, however, substituted for “man” or “men” where this does not detract from the resulting English. The translator would like to acknowledge the assistance of George Schwab, the virtuoso copy-editing of Manuela Tecusan, the comments and suggestions of Andreas Kalyvas, Federico Finchelstein and Rory Rowan, and the supportive guidance of Paul Young.