From experience to law
Leo Strauss and the Weimar crisis of the philosophy of religion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11347016 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samuel Moyn (0000-0001-5152-956X, Columbia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 174-194 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of European Ideas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0191-6599 • E-ISSN: 1873-541X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.histeuroideas.2006.11.004 |
| OpenAlex | W1983265558 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
This paper is a study of the origins of Leo Strauss's thought, arguing that its early development must be understood in the context of the philosophy of religion of late Wilhelmine and Weimar Germany. More specifically, it shows that Strauss's early works were written against the background of Kantian philosophy and post-Kantian accounts of religious experience, and that his turn towards medieval law as a topic and ideal was precipitated by the critique of those accounts by radical Protestant theologians writing in the post-World War I era of crisis. Ironically, then, Strauss's investment in premodern Judaism—and his related rejection of modern philosophy—had important Christian origins
Context (archaeology · Epistemology · German · Ideal (ethics · Judaism · Linguistic turn · Political science · Protestantism · Theology · Weimar Republic · History · Law · Medieval and Classical Philosophy · Philosophy · Religious studies · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.54 |
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| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |