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Author:

Howse, Robert, 1958- author.

Title:

Leo Strauss : man of peace / Robert Howse, New York University School of Law.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xi, 188 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Strauss, Leo.
Political science--History--20th century.
Philosophy, Modern--20th century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.
Strauss, Leo.
Philosophy, Modern.
Political science.
1900 - 1999
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: reopening the case of Leo Strauss; 2. Warrior morality and the fate of civilization: Strauss's encounter with Carl Schmitt and German nihilism; 3. Legitimacy and legality, thinking and ruling in the closed society and the world state: the Strauss/Koj©·ve debate; 4. Strauss's Machiavelli: fallen angel and theoretical man; 5. Thucydides versus Machiavelli: a moral-political horizon of war and law; 6. Justice and progress: Strauss's assessment of modern international law; 7. Conclusion.

Summary:

"Leo Strauss is known to many people as a thinker of the right, who inspired hawkish views on national security and perhaps even advocated war without limits. Moving beyond gossip and innuendo about Strauss's followers and the Bush administration, this book provides the first comprehensive analysis of Strauss's writings on political violence, considering also what he taught in the classroom on this subject. In stark contrast to popular perception, Strauss emerges as a man of peace, favorably disposed to international law and skeptical of imperialism - a critic of radical ideologies (right and left) who warns of the dangers to free thought and civil society when philosophers and intellectuals ally themselves with movements that advocate violence. Robert Howse provides new readings of Strauss's confrontation with fascist/Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt, his debate with Alexandre Koj©·ve about philosophy and tyranny, and his works on Machiavelli and Thucydides and examines Strauss's lectures on Kant's Perpetual Peace and Grotius's Rights of War and Peace"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781107427679 (paperback)
1107427673 (paperback)
9781107074996 (hardback)
1107074991 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)875884358

LCCN:

2014010089

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)