Schmidt's Political Romanticism

This book is important because it begins schmidt's analysis of politics, which he extended to great benefit. Visible here are the roots of schmidt's later thoughts on decisionism and other crucial views. Also visible is his antipathy toward unmoored individualism, which became more important in his thinking over time. Much of this book reads as an assault on elements of left thought as they have developed in the past 100 years. That alone makes it fun.