Leo Strauss, Education, and Political Thought

by York, J. G.; Peters, Michael A.; Drury, Shadia B.; Fennell, Jon; McDonough, Tim; Meier, Heinrich; Robertson, Neil G.; Simpson, Timothy L.; York, J.G; Zuckert, Catherine H.; Zuckert, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781611470543
• ISBN10: 1611470544
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-04-22
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press

Summary

This collection by some of the leading scholars of Strauss' work is the first devoted to Strauss' thought regarding education. It seeks to address his conception of education as it applies to a range of his most important concepts, such as his views on the importance of revelation, his critique of modern democracy and the importance of modern classical education. This book attempts to maintain traditional scholarly standards in the hope of approaching both Strauss and his work in a dispassionate and objective manner. It contains both biographical as well as scholarly chapters aimed first and foremost at understanding the corpus of Strauss' work and also his significance as an educational thinker.

Author Biography

J. G. York is a doctoral candidate in the philosophy of education division of the Educational Policies Studies Department at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Michael A. Peters is professor of education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 7
Introduction: Leo Strauss: Reading between the Lines	p. 9
Why Leo Strauss?: Four Answers and One Consideration concerning the Uses and Disadvantages of the School for the Philosophical Life	p. 23
ôThe Second Caveö: Leo Strauss and the Possibility of Education in the Contemporary World	p. 34
Strauss's Rights Pedagogy	p. 52
Strauss's New Reading of Plato	p. 74
Why Leo Strauss Is Not an Aristotelian: An Exploratory Study	p. 110
ôDo No Harmö: Leo Strauss and the Limits of Remedial Politics	p. 137
Taming the Power Elite	p. 162
Leo Strauss and the Neoconservative Critique of the Liberal University: Postmodernism, Relativism, and the Culture Wars	p. 181
Notes on Contributors	p. 211
Index	p. 215
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