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Leo Strauss and the Theopolitics of Culture

Leo Strauss and the Theopolitics of Culture

Von Wussow, Philipp

Paperback

Series: Suny the Thought and Legacy of Leo Strauss

PhilosophyGeneral Eastern ReligionsGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1438478402
ISBN13: 9781438478401
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Jan 2 2021
Pages: 402
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This archive-based study of the philosophy of Leo Strauss provides in-depth interpretations of key texts and their larger theoretical contexts.

2020 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

In this book, Philipp von Wussow argues that the philosophical project of Leo Strauss must be located in the intersection of culture, religion, and the political. Based on archival research on the philosophy of Strauss, von Wussow provides in-depth interpretations of key texts and their larger theoretical contexts. Presenting the necessary background in German-Jewish philosophy of the interwar period, von Wussow then offers detailed accounts and comprehensive interpretations of Strauss's early masterwork, Philosophy and Law, his wartime lecture German Nihilism, the sources and the scope of Strauss's critique of modern relativism, and a close commentary on the late text Jerusalem and Athens. With its rare blend of close reading and larger perspectives, this book is valuable for students of political philosophy, continental thought, and twentieth-century Jewish philosophy alike. It is indispensable as a guide to Strauss's philosophical project, as well as to some of the most intricate details of his writings.

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