E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Janssens Between Athens and Jerusalem
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-7914-7870-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
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Philosophy, Prophecy, and Politics in Leo Strauss's Early Thought
E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Reihe: SUNY series in the Thought and Legacy of Leo Strauss
ISBN: 978-0-7914-7870-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Examines the early works of German-Jewish philosopher Leo Strauss (1899-1973).
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Weitere Infos & Material
List of Abbreviations
Leo Strauss’s Early Years: Chronology of Major Events and Writings (1899–1937)
Introduction 1. “In the Grip of the Theological-Political Predicament” The Theological-Political Problem and the Jewish Question
Back to Reality: Emancipation, Assimilation, and Zionism
“God and Politics”
Biblical Politics, Biblical Science, and the New Theology
Quaestio Iuris: The Legacy of Spinoza 2. The Shadow of Spinoza “A Humanly Incomprehensible Betrayal”
Before the Tribunal: Biblical Science and the Critique of Religion
Spinoza’s Twofold Strategy
Maimonides: The Limits of Reason and the Interest in Revelation
Calvin: “Like Clay in the Potter’s Hand”
Happiness and Ridicule: The Epicurean Connection
Farewell to Spinoza 3. The Second Cave The Crisis of the Enlightenment: Jacobi, Mendelssohn, and the Pantheism Controversy
Atheism, Intellectual Probity, and the Love of Truth
The Socratic Question and the Fate of Philosophy 4. The Order of Human Things Medieval Enlightenment: Nomos and Platonic Politics
Between the Lines: The Art of Writing
“A Horizon Beyond Liberalism”: The Debate with Carl Schmitt 5. Socrates and the Leviathan Hobbes’s Motive
“The Right Order of Society”
Fighting the Kingdom of Darkness 6. Epilogue The Surface and the Core
The Problem of Socrates
Machiavelli’s Oblivion
Natural Right and the Socratic Question
From Jerusalem to Athens (and Back) Notes
Bibliography
Index
