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Leo Strauss and the Problem of Political Philosophy

Michael P Zuckert

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Description for Leo Strauss and the Problem of Political Philosophy Paperback. Num Pages: 399 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 33. .
Leo Strauss and his alleged political influence regarding the Iraq War have in recent years been the subject of significant media attention, including stories in the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. Time magazine even called him one of the most influential men in American politics. With The Truth about Leo Strauss, Michael and Catherine Zuckert challenged the many claims and speculations about this notoriously complex thinker. Now, with Leo Strauss and the Problem of Political Philosophy, they turn their attention to a searching and more comprehensive interpretation of Strauss's thought as a whole, using the many manifestations of ... Read more

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Publisher

University Of Chicago Press

Format

Paperback

Publication date

2017

Condition

New

Number of Pages

399

Place of Publication

, United States

ISBN

9780226479484

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V9780226479484

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About Michael P Zuckert

Michael Zuckert is a Nancy Reeves Dreux Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame and the author of Natural Rights and the New Republicanism, The Natural Rights Republic, and Launching Liberalism. Catherine Zuckert is a Nancy Reeves Dreux Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame and the author of Plato's Philosophers, Postmodern Platos, and ... Read more

Reviews for Leo Strauss and the Problem of Political Philosophy

The Zuckerts have done it again! Their new book establishes Strauss as being at the forefront of the great philosophic minds of the twentieth century. This book not only makes Strauss's writings clear and accessible, but raises him above the shabby polemics to which his thought has too often been subject. Their careful readings, together with a mastery of the ... Read moreentire corpus of Strauss's work, will put this book on the top shelf for those interested in a serious engagement with Strauss the thinker.
Steven B. Smith, Yale University Essential. . . . Catherine Zuckert and Michael Zuckert have taken on the ambitious task of analyzing Leo Strauss's entire intellectual career. The result is a very good introduction to Strauss's published works. It is more than a summary of one of the twentieth century's most influential political theorists, however, as the Zuckerts attempt the even more ambitious goal of trying to reconcile Strauss's entire career into a coherent statement of his ultimate view of philosophy.
(06/23/2015) [The book] not only illuminates many fundamental issues but also gives readers more food for thought and wonderment.
Perspectives on Political Science (11/04/2015) The Zuckerts have succeeded beautifully. This latest effort will serve both as an excellent introduction for those unfamiliar with Strauss's thought and influence and as a path to a much fuller understanding for those who are already familiar with some aspects of his works.
(12/29/2015) In 2008 the Zuckerts published The Truth about Leo Strauss primarily to defend Strauss against the charge of being the ideological source behind unpopular initiatives within American foreign policy. This book seeks rather to explain Strauss's political philosophy from within by showing the various influences to which he was responding and to test his philosophy for completeness and coherence. In this second project, they succeed admirably. . . . A fascinating study.
(04/21/2015) Leo Strauss and the Problem of Political Philosophy offers a welcome exposition and defense of Strauss as a political philosopher. Given the considerable range and depth of Strauss's writings, serious readers could use a reliable overview and a connecting thread for seeing their way through them. These the Zuckerts seek to provide. Of the recent books on Strauss, none matches this one in scope or detail.
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