Leo Strauss on Political Philosophy: Responding to the Challenge of Positivism and Historicism

by Leo Strauss

Book Overview

Leo Strauss is known primarily for reviving classical political philosophy through careful analyses of works by ancient thinkers. As with his published writings, Strauss's seminars devoted to specific philosophers were notoriously dense, accessible only to graduate students and scholars with a good command of the subject. In 1965, however, Strauss offered an introductory course on political philosophy at the University of Chicago. Using a conversational...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022681680X
• ISBN13: 9780226816807
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"