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- The Cambridge History of Philosophy, 1945–2015
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy, 1945–2015
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Analytic Philosophy
- Part II Continental Philosophy
- Section Five Central Movements and Issues
- Section Six Continental Moral, Social, and Political Philosophy
- 33 The Concept of Autonomy in the History of the Frankfurt School
- 34 Emerging Ethics
- 35 Leo Strauss: Political Philosophy as First Philosophy
- 36 Critical Environmental Philosophy
- 37 Philosophy of Technology
- 38 Philosophy of Education and the “Education of Reason”
- Section Seven Continental Aesthetics and Philosophy of Religion
- Part III Bridge Builders, Border Crossers, Synthesizers, and Comparative Philosophy
- Part IV Epilogue: On the Philosophy of the History of Philosophy
- References
- Index
35 - Leo Strauss: Political Philosophy as First Philosophy
from Section Six - Continental Moral, Social, and Political Philosophy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 November 2019
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy, 1945–2015
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy, 1945–2015
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Analytic Philosophy
- Part II Continental Philosophy
- Section Five Central Movements and Issues
- Section Six Continental Moral, Social, and Political Philosophy
- 33 The Concept of Autonomy in the History of the Frankfurt School
- 34 Emerging Ethics
- 35 Leo Strauss: Political Philosophy as First Philosophy
- 36 Critical Environmental Philosophy
- 37 Philosophy of Technology
- 38 Philosophy of Education and the “Education of Reason”
- Section Seven Continental Aesthetics and Philosophy of Religion
- Part III Bridge Builders, Border Crossers, Synthesizers, and Comparative Philosophy
- Part IV Epilogue: On the Philosophy of the History of Philosophy
- References
- Index
Summary
Leo Strauss was one of the German émigrés who brought twentieth-century Continental philosophy to America when they fled Hitler in the 1930s. He spent most of his American career at two universities: the New School for Social Research and the University of Chicago. Although he had written several books in Europe prior to his arrival in America, his American writings brought him the most notice. His best-known book was Natural Right and History (1953), but he wrote many other notable works, including Thoughts on Machiavelli (1958) and The City and Man (1964). All of his works fit under the broad rubric of political philosophy.
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- The Cambridge History of Philosophy, 1945–2015 , pp. 471 - 484Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019