The German Stranger : Leo Strauss and National Socialism.
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 Soc...
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| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
2012.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=753721 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : from Weimar to Crete
- 1. The enduring influence of F.H. Jacobi
- Appendix : self-deification in German philosophy
- 2. The double envelopment of cultural Zionism
- Appendix : Strauss's first Zionist publication
- 3. The only great thinker in our time
- Appendix : the Heidegger footnote
- 4. A radical critique of liberalism
- Appendix : the 1933 letter to Löwith
- 5. The last word in "secularization"
- Appendix : the evanescence of the Weimar paradox
- 6. To master the art of writing
- Appendix : the future of Frankistan
- 7. The theological-political problem's final solution
- Appendix : my personal encounter with Straussianism
- 8. The Aristeia of Leo Strauss
- Appendix : the three peoples of the book
- 9. Ancients and Nazis
- Appendix : Strauss's letters to Klein, 1938 to 1939
- Conclusion : of enemies and friends : a liberal's response.