Leo Strauss and the Theopolitics of Culture

Philipp von Wussow

Published by SUNY Press 2020

Leo Strauss and the Theopolitics of Culture

Philipp von Wussow

In the series SUNY series in the Thought and Legacy of Leo Strauss

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781438478418

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About this book

This archive-based study of the philosophy of Leo Strauss provides in-depth interpretations of key texts and their larger theoretical contexts.

Author / Editor information

Philipp von Wussow is Senior Researcher at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.

Reviews

"…[an] erudite, ambitious work. One leaves this book with a feeling that he has received an education—not just about Strauss's career but also about some of the most important intellectual junctions of the twentieth century." — Journal of Religion

"Philipp von Wussow has given us an excellent and engaging study of Leo Strauss' oeuvre in his compact and accessible Leo Strauss and the Theopolitics of Culture." — Phenomenological Reviews

"Von Wussow's book is a must read for anyone interested in Strauss's project, the themes of his work, or the genesis of his thought." — CHOICE

"Von Wussow compellingly argues that Leo Strauss is to be considered not only a historian of philosophy, but an original philosopher in his own right." — Paul Mendes-Flohr, author of Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Leo Strauss and the Theopolitics of Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
The Return of Religion, the Remnants of Neo-Kantianism, and the Systematic Place of “the Political”
Hermann Cohen on the Systematic Place of Religion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
Post-Cohenian Quarrels Rosenzweig, Natorp, Strauss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Strauss on Paul Natorp and Ernst Cassirer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Returning to Cohen “Cohen and Maimonides” on Ethics and Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Strauss and Carl Schmitt Vanquishing the “Systematics of Liberal Thought” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
The Argument and the Action of Philosophy and Law
A Hidden Masterpiece of Twentieth-Century Philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Strauss's Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Leo Strauss and Julius Guttmann on the History of Jewish Philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
A Complex Afterlife Julius Guttmann, the “Jewish Thomism” Affair, and the Turn to Exotericism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
“German Nihilism” and the Intellectual Origins of National Socialism
Genealogies of National Socialism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Strauss's Argument Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Strauss on Modern Relativism
From “Culture” to “Cultures” Émigré Scholars, the Rise of Cultural Anthropology, and the Americanization of Leo Strauss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Cannibalism Leo Strauss and Cultural Anthropology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Irrationalism and the Remnants of the Social Question Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Two Types of Relativism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Jerusalem and Athens
Jerusalem and Athens or Jerusalem versus Athens? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Leo Strauss and “the Natural Way” of Reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	367

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Language: English
Publisher: SUNY Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 402
Illustrations
- Other: Total Illustrations: 0
Keywords: Jewish Studies : Jewish Philosophy; Philosophy : Philosophy; Philosophy : Ancient Greek Philosophy; Politics and Law : Political Theory; Politics and Law : Political Philosophy

eBook

Published: April 15, 2020
ISBN: 9781438478418