Burns Leo Strauss on Democracy, Technology, and Liberal Education

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4384-8615-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 201 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in the Thought and Legacy of Leo Strauss

The first book-length study of Leo Strauss' understanding of the relation between modern democracy, technology, and liberal education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burns, Timothy W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Democracy and Liberal Education

2. An Aristocracy within a Democracy: "Liberal Education and Responsibility"

3. "German Nihilism"

4. "The Liberalism of Classical Political Philosophy"

5. Concluding Reflections on Moral-Political Reasoning in Contemporary Liberal Democracy

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Timothy W. Burns is is Professor and Graduate Program Director of Political Science at Baylor University. His books include Philosophy, History, and Tyranny: Reexamining the Debate between Leo Strauss and Alexandre Kojève (coedited with Bryan-Paul Frost), also published by SUNY Press.