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1 online resource |
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Intro; Contents; Foreword -- Michael Zuckert; Abbreviations; Editors' Note; Introduction; 1. Introduction to Political Philosophy; Leo Strauss on the Relation of Theory to Practice -- Nathan Tarcov; What Can We Learn from Political Theory? (1942) -- Leo Strauss; 2. The Historical Approach; Breaking Free from the Spell of Historicism -- Daniel Tanguay; Historicism (1941) -- Leo Strauss; 3. Facts and Values; Is There a Natural Framework for the Social Sciences? -- J.A. Colen; The Frame of Reference in the Social Sciences (1945) -- Leo Strauss; 4. Recovering the Classics |
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A Presentation of Exotericism in Classical Political Philosophy -- Christopher LynchOn the Study of Classical Political Philosophy (1938) -- Leo Strauss; 5. Modern Natural Right; Hobbes as the Founder of Modern Political Philosophy -- Svetozar Minkov; The Origin of Modern Political Thought (1937) -- Leo Strauss -- Leo Strauss; 6. The Crisis of Natural Right; Recovering Natural Right -- J.A. Colen; Natural Right (1946) -- Leo Strauss; An Afterword; Toward Strauss's Intention and Teaching in Natural Right and History -- J.A. Colen; Appendix |
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Leo Strauss: Courses at the New School for Social Research -- Svetozar MinkovReferences; Index |
| Summary |
Natural Right and History is widely recognized as Strauss's most influential work. The six lectures, written while Strauss was at the New School, and a full transcript of the 1949 Walgreen Lectures show Strauss working toward the ideas he would present in fully matured form in his landmark work. In them, he explores natural right and the relationship between modern philosophers and the thought of the ancient Greek philosophers, as well as the relation of political philosophy to contemporary political science and to major political and historical events, especially the Holocaust and World War II. Previously unpublished in book form, Strauss's lectures are presented here in a thematic order that mirrors Natural Right and History and with interpretive essays by J.A. Colen, Christopher Lynch, Svetozar Minkov, Daniel Tanguay, Nathan Tarcov, and Michael Zuckert that establish their relation to the work. Rounding out the book are copious annotations and notes to facilitate further study |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Strauss, Leo
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| SUBJECT |
Strauss, Leo fast |
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Political science.
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Natural law.
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Social sciences.
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social sciences.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Natural law
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Political science
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Social sciences
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Geschichtsphilosophie
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Politische Philosophie
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Naturrecht
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Electronic book
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Colen, J. A., editor
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Minkov, Svetozar, 1975- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780226512242 |
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022651224X |
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