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Author | : Winfried Schröder |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2015-11-13 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 3110424290 |
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Since its publication in 1952, Leo Strauss's Persecution and the Art of Writing has stirred considerable controversy, particularly among historians concerned with early modern philosophy. On the one hand, several scholars share his view that it would be inadequate to generally take at face value the explicit message of texts which were composed in an era in which severe sanctions were imposed on those who entertained deviating views. ‘Reading between the lines’ therefore seems to be the appropriate hermeneutical approach. On the other hand, the risks of such an interpretative maxim are more than obvious, as it might come up to an unlimited license to ascribe heterodox doctrines to early modern philosophers whose manifest teachings were in harmony with the orthodox positions of their time. The conributions to this volume both address these methodological issues and discuss paradigmatic cases of authors who might indeed be candidates for a Straussian ‘reading between the lines’: Hobbes, Spinoza, and Bayle.
Author | : Jeffrey A. Bernstein |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 431 |
Release | : 2021-06-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1438483961 |
Download Leo Strauss and Contemporary Thought Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Leo Strauss's readings of historical figures in the philosophical tradition have been justly well explored; however, his relation to contemporary thinkers has not enjoyed the same coverage. In Leo Strauss and Contemporary Thought, an international group of scholars examines the possible conversations between Strauss and figures such as Walter Benjamin, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Charles Taylor, and Hans Blumenberg. The contributors examine topics including religious liberty, the political function of comedy, law, and the relation between the Ancients and the Moderns, and bring Strauss into many new and original discussions that will be of use to those interested in the thought of Strauss, the history of philosophy and political theory, and contemporary continental thought.
Author | : Arthur M. Melzer |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 2014-09-09 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 022617509X |
Download Philosophy Between the Lines Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Philosophical esotericism--the practice of communicating one's unorthodox thoughts 'between the lines'--was a common practice until the end of the eighteenth century. The famous Encyclopédie of Diderot, for instance, not only discusses this practice in over twenty different articles, but admits to employing it itself. The history of Western thought contains hundreds of such statements by major philosophers testifying to the use of esoteric writing in their own work or others'. Despite this long and well-documented history, however, esotericism is often dismissed today as a rare occurrence. But by ignoring esotericism, we risk cutting ourselves off from a full understanding of Western philosophical thought ... Philosophy Between the Lines is the first comprehensive, book-length study of the history and theoretical basis of philosophical esotericism, and it provides a crucial guide to how many major writings--philosophical, but also theological, political, and literary--were composed prior to the nineteenth century."--Publisher's Web site.
Author | : Eugene Sheppard |
Publisher | : Brandeis University Press |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2007-01-31 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 158465600X |
Download Leo Strauss and the Politics of Exile Book 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.
Author | : Leo Strauss |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2018-03-30 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 022651224X |
Download Toward Natural Right and History Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Leo Strauss |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2021-12-24 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0226816788 |
Download Leo Strauss on Hegel Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In the winter of 1965, Leo Strauss taught a seminar on Hegel at the University of Chicago. While Strauss neither considered himself a Hegelian nor wrote about Hegel at any length, his writings contain intriguing references to the philosopher, particularly in connection with his studies of Hobbes, in his debate in On Tyranny with Alexandre Kojève; and in his account of the “three waves” of modern political philosophy. Leo Strauss on Hegel reconstructs Strauss’s seminar on Hegel, supplemented by passages from an earlier version of the seminar from which only fragments of a transcript remain. Strauss focused his seminar on the lectures collected in The Philosophy of History, which he considered more accessible than Hegel’s written works. In his own lectures on Hegel, Strauss continues his project of demonstrating how modern philosophers related to ancient thought and explores the development and weaknesses of modern political theory. Strauss is especially concerned with the relationship in Hegel between empirical history and his philosophy of history, and he argues for the primacy of religion in Hegel’s understanding of history and society. In addition to a relatively complete transcript, Leo Strauss on Hegel also includes annotations, which bring context and clarity to the text.
Author | : Carlo Altini |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2022-09-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1438490070 |
Download Philosophy as Stranger Wisdom Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
What is philosophy and who is the philosopher? What should be the relationship between the philosopher and the city? And what should be the attitude that the philosopher must have with respect to tradition, religion and politics? These questions, which have spanned the entire history of Western philosophical thought, from ancient Greece onwards, found original answers in one of the greatest figures of twentieth-century culture, Leo Strauss. Philosophy as Stranger Wisdom, thanks to a scrupulous study of his entire bibliography, represents the first truly comprehensive and complete intellectual biography of Strauss. The reader will find in these pages a Strauss who is not an American neoconservative theorist nor an orthodox Jew, but rather an original reader and interpreter of classical authors: from Thucydides and Plato to Machiavelli and Hobbes. Carlo Altini presents us with a philosopher who escapes any attempt at classification, who lived constantly in exile between theory and practice, philosophy and politics, immanence and transcendence, and who considered philosophy the most important critical exercise of human reason, always "out of date" and always "out of place."
Author | : Antonio Lastra |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 171 |
Release | : 2016-05-12 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 143846133X |
Download Leo Strauss, Philosopher Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
European scholars discuss Leo Strauss as a major figure in the history of philosophy. This volume presents, for the first time in English, the approaches to Leo Strauss being pursued by European scholars in Spain, Italy, and Germany. Whereas the traditions of Strauss interpretation have, until recently, focused on issues of interest to political science and, to a lesser extent, religious studies, this collection makes a powerful contribution to the recent philosophical consideration of Strauss. Each essay treats a unique thread emerging from the tapestry of Straussian thought, illustrating Strausss thinking on the reading of ancient texts and on the relationship between philosophy and politics. In doing so, Strauss is placed squarely and uncompromisingly within the history of philosophy, in conversation with a large range of philosophical figures. This is a really wonderful volume, a compelling narrative of Strauss as a reader of philosophical texts who both originated a new way of philosophical exploration as well as freely responded to philosophical and historical circumstances of his time. Jeffrey A. Bernstein, College of Holy Cross
Author | : Anna Tomaszewska |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2022-08-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004523375 |
Download Between Secularization and Reform Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The authors revisit the idea that Enlightenment spearheaded secularization. This book invites all to look at the Enlightenment religiosity as founded on a merger of religious criticism and heterodoxy.
Author | : Leo Strauss |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 2013-05-10 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 022622788X |
Download Persecution and the Art of Writing Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The essays collected in Persecution and the Art of Writing all deal with one problem—the relation between philosophy and politics. Here, Strauss sets forth the thesis that many philosophers, especially political philosophers, have reacted to the threat of persecution by disguising their most controversial and heterodox ideas.