Leo Strauss, education, and political thought / / edited by J. G. York and Michael A. Peters ; contributors, Shadia B. Drury [and nine others]

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, , 2011; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.092
• Soggetto topico: Education, Higher - Philosophy; Political science - Philosophy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): YorkJ. G <1976-> (Justin G.); PetersMichael <1948-> (Michael A.); DruryShadia B.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Leo Strauss, Education, AndPolitical Thought ; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Leo Strauss: Reading between the Lines; Why Leo Strauss?: Four Answers and One Considerationconcerning the Uses and Disadvantages of the School for the Philosophical Life; ''The Second Cave'': Leo Strauss and the Possibility ofEducation in the Contemporary World; Strauss's Rights Pedagogy; Strauss's New Reading of Plato; Why Leo Strauss Is Not an Aristotelian: An ExploratoryStudy; ''Do No Harm'': Leo Strauss and the Limits of RemedialPolitics; Taming the Power Elite ; Leo Strauss and the Neoconservative Critique of the Liberal University: Postmodernism, Relativism, and the CultureWarsNotes on Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection by some of the leading scholars of Strauss'' work is the first devoted to Strauss'' thought regarding education. It seeks to address his conception of education as it applies to a range of his most important concepts, such as his views on the importance of revelation, his critique of modern democracy and the importance of modern classical education.
• Titolo autorizzato: Leo Strauss, education, and political thought
• ISBN: 9781611470550; 1611470552
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465414203321
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