TY - GEN T1 - The German Stranger : Leo Strauss and National Socialism. A1 - Altman, William H. F., 1955- LA - English PP - Lanham PB - Lexington Books YR - 2012 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn876512463 AB - The German Stranger provides a guide to Leo Strauss that situates his thought in the context of National Socialism; by destroying any middle ground between 'Athens' and 'Jerusalem, ' Strauss undermined modernity's secular bulwark against political theology. Once National Socialism is understood as an atheistic religion re-enacted by post-Revelation 'philosophers, ' the German avatar of Plato's Athenian Stranger can be recognized as its principal theoretician. OP - 620 CN - B945.S84 A48 2012 SN - 9780739177693 SN - 0739177699 SN - 1306569095 SN - 9781306569095 SN - 9780739147382 KW - Strauss, Leo. KW - Strauss, Leo KW - National socialism : Philosophy. KW - Nazisme : Philosophie. KW - PHILOSOPHY : Eastern. KW - National socialism : Philosophy ER -