Leo Strauss - An Introduction to His Thought and Intellectual Legacy

Informationen zum Autor Thomas L. Pangle holds the Joe R. Long Chair in Democratic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. His many acclaimed publications include The Ennobling of Democracy: The Challenge of the Postmodern Age and Political Philosophy and the God of Abraham , both published by Johns Hopkins. He has also published a number of translations of Platonic dialogues, including The Laws of Plato and The Roots of Political Philosophy: Ten Forgotten Socratic Dialogues . Klappentext This book! written as a corrective! is the first accurate! non-polemical! comprehensive guide to Strauss's mature political philosophy and its intellectual influence. It includes a synoptic critical survey of writings from scholars who have extended Strauss's influence into the more practical! sub-philosophic fields of social and political science and commentary. Pangle shows how these analysts have in effect imported Straussian impulses into a "new" kind of political and social science. Zusammenfassung Pangle shows how these analysts have in effect imported Straussian impulses into a "newkind of political and social science.

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• Authors: Thomas L Pangle, Thomas L. Pangle, Thomas L. (John E. Long Chair in Democrati Pangle, Thomas L. (John E. Long Chair in Democratic Studies Pangle
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.11.2006
• EAN: 9780801884399
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8439-9
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 210 mm x 19 mm
• Series: The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought; The Johns Hopkins Constitution
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory