Smith, Steven B.,  1951- <br/><br/>
Reading Leo Strauss  politics, philosophy, Judaism /  [electronic resource] : 
Steven B. Smith. 
 -  University of Chicago Press,  c2006. 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 256 p.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-237) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: why Strauss, why now? -- Jerusalem -- How Jewish was Leo Strauss? -- Gershom Scholem and Leo Strauss : notes toward a German-Jewish dialogue -- Strauss's Spinoza -- Athens -- Leo Strauss's platonic liberalism -- Destruktion or recovery? on Strauss's critique of Heidegger -- Tyranny ancient and modern -- Strauss's America -- WWLSD; or, what would Leo Strauss do? 
<br/><br/> Interest in Leo Strauss is greater now than at any time since his death, mostly because of the purported link between his thought and the political movement known as neoconservatism. Steven B. Smith, though, surprisingly depicts Strauss not as the high priest of neoconservatism but as a friend of liberal democracy--perhaps the best defender democracy has ever had. Moreover, in Reading Leo Strauss, Smith shows that Strauss's defense of liberal democracy was closely connected to his skepticism of both the extreme Left and extreme Right. Smith asserts that this philosophical skepticism defined Stra. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226763903 (electronic bk.) 0226763900 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label> Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Strauss, Leo.<br/>Strauss, Leo.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political science--Philosophy.<br/>Philosophy, Modern--20th century.<br/>Jewish philosophy.<br/>Science politique--Philosophie.<br/>Philosophie--20e siècle.<br/>Philosophie juive.<br/>PHILOSOPHY--Political.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JA71  / .S65 2006eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.01