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Leo Strauss and the Politics of Exile
Eugene Sheppard
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Description for Leo Strauss and the Politics of Exile
Hardcover. A probing study that demystifies the common portrayal of Leo Strauss as the inspiration for American neo-conservativism by tracing his philosophy to its German Jewish roots. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSR1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Born in rural Hesse, Germany, Leo Strauss (1899-1973) became an active Zionist and philosopher during the tumultuous and fractious Weimar Republic. As Eugene R. Sheppard demonstrates in this groundbreaking and engaging book, Strauss gravitated towards such thinkers as Franz Rosenzweig, Martin Heidegger, and Carl Schmitt as he sought to identify and overcome fundamental philosophical, political, and theological crises. The rise of Nazism impelled Strauss as a young Jewish émigré, first in Europe and then in America, to grapple with-and accommodate his thought to-the pressing challenges of exile. In confronting his own state of exile, Strauss enlisted premodern Jewish thinkers such ... Read more
Born in rural Hesse, Germany, Leo Strauss (1899-1973) became an active Zionist and philosopher during the tumultuous and fractious Weimar Republic. As Eugene R. Sheppard demonstrates in this groundbreaking and engaging book, Strauss gravitated towards such thinkers as Franz Rosenzweig, Martin Heidegger, and Carl Schmitt as he sought to identify and overcome fundamental philosophical, political, and theological crises. The rise of Nazism impelled Strauss as a young Jewish émigré, first in Europe and then in America, to grapple with-and accommodate his thought to-the pressing challenges of exile. In confronting his own state of exile, Strauss enlisted premodern Jewish thinkers such ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
188
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
188
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781584656005
SKU
V9781584656005
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About Eugene Sheppard
EUGENE R. SHEPPARD is Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish History and Thought and Assistant Director of the Tauber Institute at Brandeis University.
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