S trauss, L eo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23600858 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Thorpe (0000-0002-1514-5638, University of Exeter, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-2 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118430873.est0536 |
| OpenAlex | W4243319050 |
| ISBN | 9781118430873 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Leo Strauss was a German‐Jewish political philosopher and classicist whose work represents an important contribution to twentieth‐century political philosophy. Strauss is best known for his theory of reading, which develops from his view of the irreconcilable relationship between politics and philosophy. For Strauss, contained within certain great philosophical works are a series of multilayered “esoteric” meanings, which coexist alongside more “exoteric” meanings. The esoteric meanings are concealed because they call into question and subvert the political status quo. The task of the philosopher is to identify and unravel these esoteric meanings. Based at the University of Chicago for most of his career, Strauss's work is understood as providing the ideological underpinnings of neoconservatism in North American politics.
Epistemology · German · Ideology · Linguistics · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Reading (process) · Sociology · Status quo · Law · Philosophy · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought
| Highly cited | No |
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