Leo Strauss and the Recovery of "Natural Philosophizing"
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-1-4384-9860-7 (ISBN)
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Among the political philosophers of the twentieth century, Leo Strauss is usually singled out for his attempt to revitalize the ancient approach to counter the relativism of both historicism and positivism. It is less commonly underscored, however, that the cornerstone of this attempt is the recovery of the question of "nature," which he regarded as inseparable from genuine philosophy since its inception in ancient Greece. Leo Strauss and the Recovery of "Natural Philosophizing" addresses such a theme, focusing on the theoretical presuppositions that Strauss found at the basis of the acquired inability to raise the question of nature. Prominent among these is the encounter between philosophy and revelation, which, due to their conceptual incompatibility, leads to a condition Strauss metaphorically described as a "second, 'unnatural' cave" characterized by insurmountable "prejudices" rather than "appearance and opinion." These, however, are the starting point of genuine philosophy in the Platonic "first, 'natural' cave," which has to be regained, by way of historical deconstruction of the presuppositions of the second cave, if the "natural philosophizing" embodied by Socratic dialectics is to be reactivated.
Alberto Ghibellini is Adjunct Professor of Law and Political Thought at the University of Torino, Italy. He is the author of Al di là della politica. Filosofia e retorica in Leo Strauss and the coeditor (with Charlotte Sieber-Gasser) of Democracy and Globalization: Legal and Political Analysis on the Eve of the 4th Industrial Revolution.
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Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction "What Is Nature?" Leo Strauss and Socrates's Turn to logoi
1. Leo Strauss, Carl Schmitt, and the Search for the "Order of Human Things"
2. Ancient Liberalism vs. Modern Liberalism
3. The "Second Cave" and Historical Consciousness in the Correspondence of Leo Strauss and Gerhard Krüger
4. Natural Right in Strauss and Krüger's Exchange
5. Strauss and the "Politicization of Philosophy"
6. The "Pit beneath the Cave" and the Problem of Natural Right
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Index of Names
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.1.2025 |
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Reihe/Serie | SUNY series in the Thought and Legacy of Leo Strauss |
Zusatzinfo | Total Illustrations: 0 |
Verlagsort | Albany, NY |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 227 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4384-9860-8 / 1438498608 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4384-9860-7 / 9781438498607 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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