Leo Strauss and the Crisis of Rationalism: Another Reason,

Leo Strauss and the Crisis of Rationalism: Another Reason, Another Enlightenment (SUNY series in the Thought and Legacy of Leo Strauss)

Examines the German and Jewish sources of Straussâ€™s thought and the extent to which his philosophy can shed light on the crisis of liberal democracy.

How can Leo Straussâ€™s critique of modernity and his return to tradition, especially Maimonides, help us to save democracy from its inner dangers? In this book, Corine Pelluchon examines Straussâ€™s provocative claim that the conception of man and reason in the thought of the Enlightenment is self-destructive and leads to a new tyranny. Writing in a direct and lucid style, Pelluchon avoids the polemics that have characterized recent debates concerning the links between Strauss and neoconservatives, particularly concerns over Straussâ€™s relation to the extreme right in Germany. Instead she aims to demystify the origins of Straussâ€™s thought and present his relationship to German and Jewish thought in the early twentieth century in a manner accessible not just to the small circles devoted to the study of Strauss, but to a larger public. Straussâ€™s critique of modernity is, she argues, constructive; he neither condemns modernity as a whole nor does he desire a retreat back to the Ancients, where slaves existed and women were not considered citizens. The question is to know whether we can learn something from the Ancients and from Maimonidesâ€”and not merely about them.Â Â Â Â Â Â
Country USA
Brand State University of New York Press
Manufacturer State University of New York Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781438449661
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	State University of New York Press
Manufacturer	State University of New York Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781438449661
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Leo Strauss and the Crisis of Rationalism: Another Reason, Another Enlightenment (SUNY series in the Thought and Legacy of Leo Strauss)

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