The Truth about Leo Strauss - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Truth about Leo Strauss write by Catherine H. Zuckert. This book was released on 2008-11-15. The Truth about Leo Strauss available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Is Leo Strauss truly an intellectual forebear of neoconservatism and a powerful force in shaping Bush administration foreign policy? The Truth about Leo Strauss puts this question to rest, revealing for the first time how the popular media came to perpetuate such an oversimplified view of such a complex and wide-ranging philosopher. More important, it corrects our perception of Strauss, providing the best general introduction available to the political thought of this misunderstood figure. Catherine and Michael Zuckert—both former students of Strauss—guide readers here to a nuanced understanding of how Strauss’s political thought fits into his broader philosophy. Challenging the ideas that Strauss was an inflexible conservative who followed in the footsteps of Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Carl Schmitt, the Zuckerts contend that Strauss’s signature idea was the need for a return to the ancients. This idea, they show, stemmed from Strauss’s belief that modern thought, with its relativism and nihilism, undermines healthy politics and even the possibility of real philosophy. Identifying this view as one of Strauss’s three core propositions—America is modern, modernity is bad, and America is good—they conclude that Strauss was a sober defender of liberal democracy, aware of both its strengths and its weaknesses. The Zuckerts finish, appropriately, by examining the varied work of Strauss’s numerous students and followers, revealing the origins—rooted in the tensions within his own thought—oftheir split into opposing camps. Balanced and accessible, The Truth about Leo Strauss is a must-read for anyone who wants to more fully comprehend this enigmatic philosopher and his much-disputed legacy.
Leo Strauss and the Problem of Political Philosophy
Leo Strauss and the Problem of Political Philosophy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Leo Strauss and the Problem of Political Philosophy write by Michael P. Zuckert. This book was released on 2014-06-30. Leo Strauss and the Problem of Political Philosophy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This critical study of the influential political theorist dispels popular myths and reveals the inner logic of his varied and notoriously complex writings. Political theorist Leo Strauss was unexpectedly thrust into the media spotlight for his alleged influence on neoconservative politics. With The Truth about Leo Strauss, Michael and Catherine Zuckert challenged the many claims and speculations about this complex thinker. Now, with Leo Strauss and the Problem of Political Philosophy, they offer a more comprehensive interpretation of Strauss’s thought, using the many manifestations of the “problem of political philosophy” as their touchstone. Strauss, they argue, sought to restore political philosophy to its original Socratic form. This is demonstrated through his critique of positivism and historicism, two intellectual currents that undermined his Socratic project. The authors also explore Strauss’s interpretation of both ancient and modern political philosophers, including Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, and Locke. Finally, they examine Strauss’s thought in the context of the twentieth century, when his chief interlocutors were Schmitt, Husserl, Heidegger, and Nietzsche. Leo Strauss and the Problem of Political Philosophy is the most in-depth treatment of this often misunderstood thinker, examining his ideas across his long career. It reveals Strauss’s overall intellectual project: to decode how ancient and modern theory attempted to solve the problem of political philosophy. And it shows why Strauss considered the ancient solution both philosophically and politically superior.
Leo Strauss
Leo Strauss - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Leo Strauss write by Robert Howse. This book was released on 2014-09-08. Leo Strauss available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book analyzes Leo Strauss's writings on political violence, considering also what he taught in the classroom on this subject.
Natural Right and History
Natural Right and History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Natural Right and History write by Leo Strauss. This book was released on 2013-12-27. Natural Right and History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this classic work, Leo Strauss examines the problem of natural right and argues that there is a firm foundation in reality for the distinction between right and wrong in ethics and politics. On the centenary of Strauss's birth, and the fiftieth anniversary of the Walgreen Lectures which spawned the work, Natural Right and History remains as controversial and essential as ever. "Strauss . . . makes a significant contribution towards an understanding of the intellectual crisis in which we find ourselves . . . [and] brings to his task an admirable scholarship and a brilliant, incisive mind."—John H. Hallowell, American Political Science Review Leo Strauss (1899-1973) was the Robert Maynard Hutchins Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Political Science at the University of Chicago.
Leo Strauss and the Politics of Exile
Leo Strauss and the Politics of Exile - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Leo Strauss and the Politics of Exile write by Eugene Sheppard. This book was released on 2007-01-31. Leo Strauss and the Politics of Exile available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A probing study that demystifies the common portrayal of Leo Strauss as the inspiration for American neo-conservativism by tracing his philosophy to its German Jewish roots.
