Leo Strauss Political Philosopher and Jewish Thinker

by Bruell, Christopher; Deutsch, Kenneth L.; Fradkin, Hillel; Germino, Dante; Gunnell, John G.; Lachterman, David R.; Levine, David Lawrence; Jaffa, Harry V.; Nicgorski, Walter; Pangle, Thomas L.; Schaefer, David; Schall, James V.; Susan Shell, S J.; Smith,

• ISBN13: 9780847678389
• ISBN10: 0847678385
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-03-15
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

In this book, 19 prominent representatives of each side in the basic division among Strauss's followers explore his contribution to political philosophy and Jewish thought.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
Strauss: Judaism, Reason, and Revelation
Why We Remain Jews: Can Jewish Faith and History Still Speak to Us?	p. 43
Leo Strauss: Between Athens and Jerusalem	p. 81
Strauss Before Straussianism: Reason, Revelation, and Nature	p. 107
Philosophy and Law: Leo Strauss as a Student of Medieval Jewish Thought	p. 129
Modern Rationalism, Miracles, and Revelation: Strauss's Critique of Spinoza	p. 143
Taking Evil Seriously: Schmitt's "Concept of the Political" and Strauss's "True Politics"	p. 175
Leo Strauss, the Bible, and Political Philosophy	p. 195
A Latitude for Statesmanship? Strauss on St. Thomas	p. 211
On the Epistolary Dialogue Between Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin	p. 231
Strauss: Classical Political Philosophy, Modernity, and the American Regime
On a Certain Critique of "Straussianism"	p. 259
Natural Right and Philosophy	p. 275
Blasphemy and Leo Strauss's Machiavelli	p. 297
Leo Strauss and the American Founding	p. 309
A Return to Classical Political Philosophy and the Understanding of the American Founding	p. 325
Leo Strauss and American Democracy: A Response to Wood and Holmes	p. 339
Without Malice but with Forethought: A Response to Burnyeat	p. 353
Strauss Read from France	p. 373
The Contributors	p. 395
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