Leo Strauss and the Crisis of Rationalism

Leo Strauss and the Crisis of RationalismExamines the German and Jewish sources of Strauss's thought and the extent to which his philosophy can shed light on the crisis of liberal democracy. How can Leo Strauss's critique of modernity and his return to tradition, especially Maimonides, help us to save democracy from its inner dangers? In this book, Corine Pelluchon examines Strauss's provocative claim that the conception of man and reason in the thought of the Enlightenment is self

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This collection aims to show that David Foster Wallace’s work originates from and functions in the space between philosophy and literature

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