Leo Strauss, Education, and Political Thought

Edited by J. G. York and Michael A. Peters - Contributions by Shadia B. Drury; Jon Fennell; Tim McDonough; Heinrich Meier; Neil G. Robertson; Timothy L. Simpson; J.G York; Catherine H. Zuckert and Michael Zuckert

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. This book attempts to maintain traditional scholarly standards in the hope of approaching both Strauss and his work in a dispassionate and objective manner. It contains both biographical as well as scholarly chapters aimed first and foremost at understanding the corpus of Strauss' work and also his significance as an educational thinker.

University Press Copublishing Division / Fairleigh Dickinson University Press

Pages: 216 • Trim: 6½ x 9⅜

978-1-61147-054-3 • Hardback • April 2011 • $100.00 • (£77.00)

Subjects: Philosophy / Social

Leo Strauss, Education, and Political Thought

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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. This book attempts to maintain traditional scholarly standards in the hope of approaching both Strauss and his work in a dispassionate and objective manner. It contains both biographical as well as scholarly chapters aimed first and foremost at understanding the corpus of Strauss' work and also his significance as an educational thinker.

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University Press Copublishing Division / Fairleigh Dickinson University Press

Pages: 216 • Trim: 6½ x 9⅜

978-1-61147-054-3 • Hardback • April 2011 • $100.00 • (£77.00)

Subjects: Philosophy / Social

Author

J. G. York is a doctoral candidate in the philosophy of education division of the Educational Policies Studies Department of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Michael A. Peters is professor of education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Why Leo Strauss? Four Answers and One Consideration Concerning the Usese and Disadvantages of the School for the Philosophical Life
Chapter 3 "The Second Cave": Leo Strauss and the Possibility of Education ion the Contemporaty World
Chapter 4 Strauss' Rights Pedagogy
Chapter 5 Strauss' Reading of Plato
Chapter 6 Why Leo Strauss is Not an Aristotelian: An Exploratory Study
Chapter 7 "Do No Harm": Leo Strauss and the Limits of Remedial Politics
Chapter 8 Taming the Power Elite
Chapter 9 Leo Strauss and the Neoconservative Critique of the Liberal University: Postmodernism, Relativism, and the Culture Wars
10 Notes on Contributors
11 Index