On the Revival of Classical Political Philosophy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6401858 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles N R Mccoy (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 161-179 |
| Publication date | 1973-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670500043564 |
| OpenAlex | W2157231443 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
In the “metaphysical squabbles” that Bertrand de Jouvenel has said characterize much of American political science, none has been more bitter and perplexing than the controversy surrounding the work of Leo Strauss. To the extent that one can speak of a revival of classical political philosophy in this country, the credit for it assuredly belongs to the influence of Strauss's profound scholarship. Nonetheless there is common agreement among fairminded reviewers of Strauss's writings that a “calculated obscurity” hides his message. “He does not wish to tell us, in bold propositional terms, what is on his mind,” says Robert McShea. Granted that “Strauss indulges in the ... game of esoteric silences,” that his real views are often “camouflaged,” we must see these devices for what Lee McDonald suggests they are: devices to persuade the reader to “a special way of reading the ‘classics’”; they are not primarily concerned with “specific details of interpretation
Art · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphysics · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Reading (process · Scholarship · Wish · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Classics · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1978 - 1978 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |