Rasoul Namazi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1694594 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rasoul Namazi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rasoul |
| FAMILY NAME | Namazi |
| SIGNATURE | NAMAZI R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Duke Kunshan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0601-8255 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
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Leo Strauss and Islamic Political Thought
In this book, Rasoul Namazi offers the first in-depth study of Leo Strauss' writings on Islamic political thought, a topic that interested Strauss over the course of his career. Namazi's volume focuses on several important studies by Strauss on Islamic thought. He critically analyzes Strauss's notes on Averroes' commentary on Plato's Republic and also proposes an interpretation of Strauss' theologico-political notes on the Arabian Nights. Namazi …
Leo Strauss and Islamic Political Thought
Hegel in Iran. Appropriations of Hegelian Thought in Iranian Debates on Modernity, Islam, and Nationalism
Following the presence of Hegel’s philosophy in Iran from the nineteenth century to the present, this study discusses various interpretations and appropriations of Hegelian philosophy by Iranian activists, intellectuals, and academics in their quest for understanding and realizing modernity in Iran. The controversies around modernity, democratization, Islam, nationalism, and the role of Hegel’s ideas and philosophy in the writings of liberal mode…
Religion and the Commonweal in the Tradition of Political Philosophy”
The transcript published here for the first time is of Leo Strauss’s 1963 lecture on, and discussion of, the relation of religion to the commonweal in the tradition of political philosophy. In this lecture, Strauss considers the question of the establishment of religion, the relation of freedom of religion to freedom from religion, and the question of the truth of religion. The lecture has implications for American constitutional jurisprudence, e…
Machiavelli’s Critique of Classical Philosophy and His Case for The Political Life
This article illuminates how Machiavelli’s critique of classical philosophy is fundamental to his teaching. It will argue that Machiavelli criticized classical philosophy for its ineffectiveness and its endorsement of the leisurely philosophic life as the best way of life. In contrast, Machiavelli’s optimistic depiction of the scope of human power in controlling chance and his critique of the life of contemplation promote his new understanding of…
Politics, Religion, and Love
Ayatollah Khomeini
This paper argues that the mature form of the political doctrine of the Ayatollah Khomeini (1902–89), Iranian Shiite religious authority and architect of the Islamic Republic of Iran, grew out of an encounter with the modern understanding of the state and the concept of sovereignty. Khomeini’s political doctrine, called the Absolute Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist, although based on a religious foundation, should be studied as a break with the…
Leo Strauss on Thomas Hobbes and Plato
In recent years, there has been a considerable increase of interest in the thought and writings of Leo Strauss. This renewed interest has led to the discovery and publication of writings and lectures which heretofore have been available only to few scholars. The following two recently discovered lectures on Plato's Republic (1958) and Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan (1962) were originally delivered by Leo Strauss in the Works of the Mind lecture series…
The Question of Esoteric Writing in Machiavelli’s Works
The question addressed by this article is whether esotericism or secret teachings exist in Machiavelli’s writings. This question has been a major point of contention between the commentators of Machiavelli, with many denying the existence of esoteric teaching in the Machiavellian corpus. This article will explore the controversy by studying Machiavelli’s own works, and on this basis it will be contended that there are many references and elements…
Leo Strauss on Modern Political Science
The two manuscripts published here for the first time were written by Leo Strauss: the first in 1956 and the second between 1957 and 1962. The first, entitled “Lecture in Milwaukee: Michigan Midwest Political Science,” was written for the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Midwest Conference of Political Scientists on May 4, 1956, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The second is an unpublished passage of “An Epilogue” Strauss wrote for Essays on the Scientif…
Ayatollah Khomeini
This paper argues that the mature form of the political doctrine of the Ayatollah Khomeini (1902–89), Iranian Shiite religious authority and architect of the Islamic Republic of Iran, grew out of an encounter with the modern understanding of the state and the concept of sovereignty. Khomeini’s political doctrine, called the Absolute Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist, although based on a religious foundation, should be studied as a break with the…
Hegel in Iran. Appropriations of Hegelian Thought in Iranian Debates on Modernity, Islam, and Nationalism
Following the presence of Hegel’s philosophy in Iran from the nineteenth century to the present, this study discusses various interpretations and appropriations of Hegelian philosophy by Iranian activists, intellectuals, and academics in their quest for understanding and realizing modernity in Iran. The controversies around modernity, democratization, Islam, nationalism, and the role of Hegel’s ideas and philosophy in the writings of liberal mode…
The Question of Esoteric Writing in Machiavelli’s Works
The question addressed by this article is whether esotericism or secret teachings exist in Machiavelli’s writings. This question has been a major point of contention between the commentators of Machiavelli, with many denying the existence of esoteric teaching in the Machiavellian corpus. This article will explore the controversy by studying Machiavelli’s own works, and on this basis it will be contended that there are many references and elements…
Leo Strauss on Modern Political Science
The two manuscripts published here for the first time were written by Leo Strauss: the first in 1956 and the second between 1957 and 1962. The first, entitled “Lecture in Milwaukee: Michigan Midwest Political Science,” was written for the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Midwest Conference of Political Scientists on May 4, 1956, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The second is an unpublished passage of “An Epilogue” Strauss wrote for Essays on the Scientif…
Leo Strauss on Thomas Hobbes and Plato
In recent years, there has been a considerable increase of interest in the thought and writings of Leo Strauss. This renewed interest has led to the discovery and publication of writings and lectures which heretofore have been available only to few scholars. The following two recently discovered lectures on Plato's Republic (1958) and Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan (1962) were originally delivered by Leo Strauss in the Works of the Mind lecture series…
Ayatollah Khomeini
This paper argues that the mature form of the political doctrine of the Ayatollah Khomeini (1902–89), Iranian Shiite religious authority and architect of the Islamic Republic of Iran, grew out of an encounter with the modern understanding of the state and the concept of sovereignty. Khomeini’s political doctrine, called the Absolute Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist, although based on a religious foundation, should be studied as a break with the…
Politics, Religion, and Love
Hegel in Iran. Appropriations of Hegelian Thought in Iranian Debates on Modernity, Islam, and Nationalism
Following the presence of Hegel’s philosophy in Iran from the nineteenth century to the present, this study discusses various interpretations and appropriations of Hegelian philosophy by Iranian activists, intellectuals, and academics in their quest for understanding and realizing modernity in Iran. The controversies around modernity, democratization, Islam, nationalism, and the role of Hegel’s ideas and philosophy in the writings of liberal mode…
Religion and the Commonweal in the Tradition of Political Philosophy”
The transcript published here for the first time is of Leo Strauss’s 1963 lecture on, and discussion of, the relation of religion to the commonweal in the tradition of political philosophy. In this lecture, Strauss considers the question of the establishment of religion, the relation of freedom of religion to freedom from religion, and the question of the truth of religion. The lecture has implications for American constitutional jurisprudence, e…
Machiavelli’s Critique of Classical Philosophy and His Case for The Political Life
This article illuminates how Machiavelli’s critique of classical philosophy is fundamental to his teaching. It will argue that Machiavelli criticized classical philosophy for its ineffectiveness and its endorsement of the leisurely philosophic life as the best way of life. In contrast, Machiavelli’s optimistic depiction of the scope of human power in controlling chance and his critique of the life of contemplation promote his new understanding of…
Leo Strauss and Islamic Political Thought
In this book, Rasoul Namazi offers the first in-depth study of Leo Strauss' writings on Islamic political thought, a topic that interested Strauss over the course of his career. Namazi's volume focuses on several important studies by Strauss on Islamic thought. He critically analyzes Strauss's notes on Averroes' commentary on Plato's Republic and also proposes an interpretation of Strauss' theologico-political notes on the Arabian Nights. Namazi …
Leo Strauss and Islamic Political Thought
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Philosophy (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Theology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought (5 works)