The Cambridge companion to Leo Strauss
by
 
Smith, Steven B., 1951-

Title
: 
The Cambridge companion to Leo Strauss

Author
: 
Smith, Steven B., 1951-

ISBN
: 
9780521879026
 
9780521703994

Publication Information
: 
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Physical Description
: 
xiv, 307 p. ; 23 cm.

Series
: 
Cambridge companions to philosophy
 
Cambridge companions to philosophy.

General Note
: 
Formerly CIP.

Contents
: 
1. Introduction: Leo Strauss Today / Steven B. Smith -- 2. Leo Strauss: The Outlines of a Life / Steven B. Smith -- 3. Leo Strauss and the "Theologico-Political Predicament" / Leora Batnitzky -- 4. Strauss's Recovery of Esotericism / Laurence Lampert -- 5. Strauss's Return to Premodern Thought / Catherine Zuckert -- 6. Leo Strauss and the Problem of the Modern / Stanley Rosen -- 7. The Medieval Arabic Enlightenment / Joel L. Kraemer -- 8. "To Spare the Vanquished and Crush the Arrogant": Leo Strauss's Lecture on "German Nihilism" / Susan Shell -- 9. Leo Strauss's Qualified Embrace of Liberal Democracy / William A. Galston -- 10. Strauss and Social Science / Nasser Behnegar -- 11. The Complementarity of Political Philosophy and Liberal Education in the Thought of Leo Strauss / Timothy Fuller -- 12. Straussians / Michael Zuckert.

Personal Subject
: 
Strauss, Leo-Criticism and interpretation.

Subject Term
: 
Political science -- Philosophy.

Added Author
: 
Smith, Steven B., 1951-


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