Leo Strauss and the Theologico-Political Problem (Modern European Philosophy) | 
|  | | | Title: | Leo Strauss and the Theologico-Political Problem (Modern European Philosophy) | | Author: | Heinrich Meier | | Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 25 December, 2006 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0521699452 / 9780521699457 | | List Price: | $25.99 | | You Save: | $2.60 | | Amazon Price: | $23.39 | |
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This book, by one of the most prominent interpreters of Leo Strauss's thought, is the first to examine the theme that Leo Strauss considered to be key to his entire intellectual enterprise. The theologico-political problem refers to the confrontation between the theological and the political alternative to philosophy as a way of life. In this study, Heinrich Meier clarifies the distinction between political theology and political philosophy and sheds new light on the unifying center of Strauss' philosophical work. The book is the culmination of his work on the general topic of the theologico-political problem.
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• Why No Comments? (and 17 Used Copies For Sale??) 06 May, 2008
I have yet to come across a more thoroughgoing, reasonable, fair, and profound treatment of Strauss' intention as a thinker and founder of a school of thought. Whether treating of his relation to the neo-cons (or implicitly tackling Drury), or of the scope, manner, and mode of his philosophizing, Meier elucidates Strauss' political philosophy in such a manner that the individuality and "originality" of Strauss can be seen as nothing more than a wonderfuly lucky gift to those who can benefit from his work for the sake of going beyond both their historical horizons and that which is merely "Straussian."
Best of all, though, are the previously unpublished lectures given by Strauss at the end of Meier's book. Reason and Revelation, at least for me, is enormously helpful for working out the conflict between the two insofar as Strauss therein silently provides exceedingly useful escape routes. [close]
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