Leo Strauss, Education, and Political Thought

Download or read book Leo Strauss, Education, and Political Thought written by J. G. York and published by Fairleigh Dickinson. This book was released on 2011-04-22 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.