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The Political Ideas of Leo Strauss, Updated Edition

With a New Introduction By the Author

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  • © 2005

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  1. Shadia B. Drury
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-lxv
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  2. Leo Strauss: Teacher and Philosopher

    • Shadia B. Drury
    Pages 1-17

  3. Esoteric Philosophy and Ancient Wisdom

    • Shadia B. Drury
    Pages 18-36

  4. Philosophy’s Hidden Revolt against God

    • Shadia B. Drury
    Pages 37-60

  5. Socrates and the Drama of Western Civilization

    • Shadia B. Drury
    Pages 61-89

  6. Classic Natural Right or the Teaching on Tyranny

    • Shadia B. Drury
    Pages 90-113

  7. Machiavelli’s Subversion of Esotericism

    • Shadia B. Drury
    Pages 114-132

  8. Hobbes and the Character of Modernity

    • Shadia B. Drury
    Pages 133-150

  9. The Crisis of Modernity

    • Shadia B. Drury
    Pages 151-169

  10. Post-Modernity: Plato or Nietzsche?

    • Shadia B. Drury
    Pages 170-181

  11. Esotericism Betrayed

    • Shadia B. Drury
    Pages 182-192

  12. The Wise and the Vulgar: A Criticism of Leo Strauss

    • Shadia B. Drury
    Pages 193-202

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 203-256
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Now in paperback, this book explores the political thought of Leo Strauss, a philosopher most noted for playing a key role in neoconservative thought in America. Drury explores Strauss's thought and its role in American politics, exposing what she argues are the elitist, nearly authoritarian strains within it and those who follow it.

About the author

SHADIA B. DRURY is Professor of Politics at the University of Calgary, Canada.

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