Description |
xiv, 307 pages ; 23 cm |
Series |
Cambridge companions to philosophy |
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Cambridge companions to philosophy.
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Contents |
1. Introduction: Leo Strauss Today / Steven B. Smith -- 2. Leo Strauss: The Outlines of a Life / Steven B. Smith -- 3. Leo Strauss and the "Theologico-Political Predicament" / Leora Batnitzky -- 4. Strauss's Recovery of Esotericism / Laurence Lampert -- 5. Strauss's Return to Premodern Thought / Catherine Zuckert -- 6. Leo Strauss and the Problem of the Modern / Stanley Rosen -- 7. The Medieval Arabic Enlightenment / Joel L. Kraemer -- 8. "To Spare the Vanquished and Crush the Arrogant": Leo Strauss's Lecture on "German Nihilism" / Susan Shell -- 9. Leo Strauss's Qualified Embrace of Liberal Democracy / William A. Galston -- 10. Strauss and Social Science / Nasser Behnegar -- 11. The Complementarity of Political Philosophy and Liberal Education in the Thought of Leo Strauss / Timothy Fuller -- 12. Straussians / Michael Zuckert |
Summary |
Leo Strauss was a central figure in the twentieth century renaissance of political philosophy. The essays of The Cambridge Companion to Leo Strauss provide a comprehensive and non-partisan survey of the major themes and problems that constituted Strauss's work. These include his revival of the great 'quarrel between the ancients and the moderns,' his examination of tension between Jerusalem and Athens, and most controversially his recovery of the tradition of esoteric writing. The volume also examines Strauss's complex relation to a range of contemporary political movements and thinkers, including Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Max Weber, Carl Schmitt, and Gershom Scholem, as well as the creation of a distinctive school of 'Straussian' political philosophy |
Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-292) and index |
Notes |
English |
Subject |
Strauss, Leo -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Political science -- Philosophy.
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Author |
Smith, Steven B., 1951-
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LC no. |
2009007870 |
ISBN |
9780521879026 hardback alkaline paper |
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0521879027 hardback alkaline paper |
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9780521703994 paperback |
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0521703999 paperback |
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