Author: Steven B. Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139828258
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
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.
The Cambridge Companion to Leo Strauss
Author: Steven B. Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139828258
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139828258
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
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.
The Cambridge Companion to Leo Strauss
Author: Steven B. Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521879027
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
The volume provides a comprehensive and non-partisan survey of the major themes and problems that constituted Strauss's work.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521879027
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
The volume provides a comprehensive and non-partisan survey of the major themes and problems that constituted Strauss's work.
Leo Strauss
Author: Robert Howse
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107074991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
This book analyzes Leo Strauss's writings on political violence, considering also what he taught in the classroom on this subject.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107074991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
This book analyzes Leo Strauss's writings on political violence, considering also what he taught in the classroom on this subject.
Between Athens and Jerusalem
Author: David Janssens
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 079147870X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Praised as a major political thinker of the twentieth century and vilified as the putative godfather of contemporary neoconservatism, Leo Strauss (1899–1973) has been the object of heated controversy both in the United States and abroad. This book offers a more balanced appraisal by focusing on Strauss's early writings. By means of a close and comprehensive study of these texts, David Janssens reconstructs the genesis of Strauss's thought from its earliest beginnings until his emigration to the United States in 1937. He discusses the first stages in Strauss's grappling with the "theological-political problem," from his doctoral dissertation on Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi to his contributions to Zionist periodicals, from his groundbreaking study of Spinoza's critique of religion to his research on Moses Mendelssohn, and from his rediscovery of medieval Jewish and Islamic philosophy to his research on Hobbes. Throughout, Janssens traces Strauss's rediscovery of the Socratic way of life as a viable alternative to both modern philosophy and revealed religion.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 079147870X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Praised as a major political thinker of the twentieth century and vilified as the putative godfather of contemporary neoconservatism, Leo Strauss (1899–1973) has been the object of heated controversy both in the United States and abroad. This book offers a more balanced appraisal by focusing on Strauss's early writings. By means of a close and comprehensive study of these texts, David Janssens reconstructs the genesis of Strauss's thought from its earliest beginnings until his emigration to the United States in 1937. He discusses the first stages in Strauss's grappling with the "theological-political problem," from his doctoral dissertation on Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi to his contributions to Zionist periodicals, from his groundbreaking study of Spinoza's critique of religion to his research on Moses Mendelssohn, and from his rediscovery of medieval Jewish and Islamic philosophy to his research on Hobbes. Throughout, Janssens traces Strauss's rediscovery of the Socratic way of life as a viable alternative to both modern philosophy and revealed religion.
The Cambridge Companion to Plato's Republic
Author: Giovanni R. F. Ferrari
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521839637
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
This book provides a fresh and comprehensive account of this outstanding work, which remains among the most frequently read works of Greek philosophy, indeed of Classical antiquity in general.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521839637
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
This book provides a fresh and comprehensive account of this outstanding work, which remains among the most frequently read works of Greek philosophy, indeed of Classical antiquity in general.
The Cambridge Companion to Xenophon
Author: Michael A. Flower
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107050065
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Introduces Xenophon's writings and their importance for Western culture, while explaining the main scholarly controversies.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107050065
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Introduces Xenophon's writings and their importance for Western culture, while explaining the main scholarly controversies.
The Cambridge Companion to Hobbes's Leviathan
Author: Patricia Springborg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139827286
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This Companion makes a new departure in Hobbes scholarship, addressing a philosopher whose impact was as great on Continental European theories of state and legal systems as it was at home. This volume is a systematic attempt to incorporate work from both the Anglophone and Continental traditions, bringing together newly commissioned work by scholars from ten different countries in a topic-by-topic sequence of essays that follows the structure of Leviathan, re-examining the relationship among Hobbes's physics, metaphysics, politics, psychology, and religion. Collectively they showcase important revisionist scholarship that re-examines both the context for Leviathan and its reception, demonstrating the degree to which Hobbes was indebted to the long tradition of European humanist thought. This Cambridge Companion shows that Hobbes's legacy was never lost and that he belongs to a tradition of reflection on political theory and governance that is still alive, both in Europe and in the diaspora.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139827286
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This Companion makes a new departure in Hobbes scholarship, addressing a philosopher whose impact was as great on Continental European theories of state and legal systems as it was at home. This volume is a systematic attempt to incorporate work from both the Anglophone and Continental traditions, bringing together newly commissioned work by scholars from ten different countries in a topic-by-topic sequence of essays that follows the structure of Leviathan, re-examining the relationship among Hobbes's physics, metaphysics, politics, psychology, and religion. Collectively they showcase important revisionist scholarship that re-examines both the context for Leviathan and its reception, demonstrating the degree to which Hobbes was indebted to the long tradition of European humanist thought. This Cambridge Companion shows that Hobbes's legacy was never lost and that he belongs to a tradition of reflection on political theory and governance that is still alive, both in Europe and in the diaspora.
The Cambridge Companion to Sartre
Author: Christina Howells
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139824945
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
This is one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date surveys of the philosophy of Sartre, by some of the foremost interpreters in the United States and Europe. The essays are both expository and original, and cover Sartre's writings on ontology, phenomenology, psychology, ethics, and aesthetics, as well as his work on history, commitment, and progress; a final section considers Sartre's relationship to structuralism and deconstruction. Providing a balanced view of Sartre's philosophy and situating it in relation to contemporary trends in Continental philosophy, the volume shows that many of the topics associated with Lacan, Foucault, Levi-Strauss, and Derrida are to be found in the work of Sartre, in some cases as early as 1936. A special feature of the volume is the treatment of the recently published and hitherto little studied posthumous works.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139824945
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
This is one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date surveys of the philosophy of Sartre, by some of the foremost interpreters in the United States and Europe. The essays are both expository and original, and cover Sartre's writings on ontology, phenomenology, psychology, ethics, and aesthetics, as well as his work on history, commitment, and progress; a final section considers Sartre's relationship to structuralism and deconstruction. Providing a balanced view of Sartre's philosophy and situating it in relation to contemporary trends in Continental philosophy, the volume shows that many of the topics associated with Lacan, Foucault, Levi-Strauss, and Derrida are to be found in the work of Sartre, in some cases as early as 1936. A special feature of the volume is the treatment of the recently published and hitherto little studied posthumous works.
The Cambridge Companion to Oakeshott
Author: Efraim Podoksik
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521147921
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
A systematic and accessible presentation of the ideas of one of the leading British philosophers of the twentieth century.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521147921
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
A systematic and accessible presentation of the ideas of one of the leading British philosophers of the twentieth century.
Liberalism Ancient and Modern
Author: Leo Strauss
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226776891
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Revered and reviled, Leo Strauss has left a rich legacy of work that continues to spark discussion and controversy. This volume of essays ranges over critical themes that define Strauss's thought: the tension between reason and revelation in the Western tradition, the philsophical roots of liberal democracy, and especially the conflicting yet complementary relationship between ancient and modern liberalism. For those seeking to become acquainted with this provocative thinker, one need look no further.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226776891
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Revered and reviled, Leo Strauss has left a rich legacy of work that continues to spark discussion and controversy. This volume of essays ranges over critical themes that define Strauss's thought: the tension between reason and revelation in the Western tradition, the philsophical roots of liberal democracy, and especially the conflicting yet complementary relationship between ancient and modern liberalism. For those seeking to become acquainted with this provocative thinker, one need look no further.