Reading Leo Strauss: Politics, Philosophy, Judaism

by Steven B. Smith

Book Overview

Interest in Leo Strauss is greater now than at any time since his death, mostly because of the purported link between his thought and the political movement known as neoconservatism. Steven B. Smith, though, surprisingly depicts Strauss not as the high priest of neoconservatism but as a friend of liberal democracy--perhaps the best defender democracy has ever had. Moreover, in Reading Leo Strauss, Smith shows that Strauss's defense of liberal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226763897
• ISBN13: 9780226763897
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.9"