Overview
- Offers an accessible entry point to understanding the development of Leo Strauss' influential political philosophy
- Presents the first translation of Leo Strauss' letters with Gerhard Krüger, a student of Heidegger and fellow modern Platonist, with commentary by leading Strauss scholars
- Sheds new light on Leo Strauss' connection with the Kantian tradition
- Casts new and important light on the broader question of the conflict between reason and revelation, as well as the possibility of a philosophical theology relevant to the present
- Focuses on an exceptionally fraught period of 20th century political and intellectual European history
Part of the book series: Recovering Political Philosophy (REPOPH)
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Susan M. Shell is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Boston College, USA. She is the author of Kant and the Limits of Autonomy (2009), The Embodiment of Reason: Kant on Spirit, Generation and Community (1996), The Rights of Reason: A Study of Kant's Philosophy and Politics (1980). She is also the co-editor (with Robert Faulkner) of America at Risk: Threats to Liberal Self-Government in an Age of Uncertainty (2009).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Strauss-Krüger Correspondence
Book Subtitle: Returning to Plato through Kant
Editors: Susan Meld Shell
Series Title: Recovering Political Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74201-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74200-7Published: 07 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08935-1Published: 19 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74201-4Published: 25 April 2018
Series ISSN: 2524-7166
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7174
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 237
Topics: Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Modern Philosophy, Classical Philosophy