Progressive Minds, Conservative Politics - Leo Strauss's Later Writings on Maimonides (Hardcover)

Leo Strauss (1899 1973), one of the preeminent political philosophers of the twentieth century, was an astute interpreter of Maimonides s medieval masterpiece, "The Guide of the Perplexed." In "Progressive Minds, Conservative Politics," Aryeh Tepper overturns the conventional view of Strauss s interpretation and of Strauss s own mature thought. According to the scholarly consensus, Strauss traced the well-known contradictions in the "Guide" to the fundamental tension in Maimonides s mind between reason and revelation, going so far as to suggest that while the Jewish philosopher s overt position was religiously pious (i.e., on the side of Jerusalem ), secretly he was on the side of reason, or Athens. In Tepper s analysis, Strauss s judgments emerge as much more complex than this and also more open to revision. In his later writings, Tepper shows, Strauss pointed to contradictions in Maimonides s thought not only between but also within both Jerusalem and Athens. Moreover, Strauss identified, and identified himself with, an esoteric Maimonidean teaching on progress: progress within the Bible, beyond the Bible, and even beyond the rabbinic sages. Politically a conservative thinker, Strauss, like Maimonides, located man s deepest satisfaction in progressing in the discernment of the truth. In the fullness of his career, Strauss thus pointed to a third way beyond the modern alternatives of conservatism and progressivism."

General

Imprint:	State University of New York Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	SUNY series in the Thought and Legacy of Leo Strauss
Release date:	December 2013
First published:	December 2013
Authors:	Aryeh Tepper
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Paper over boards
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-4384-4843-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Non-Western philosophy > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General Books > Philosophy > Non-Western philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Philosophy of religion > General
LSN:	1-4384-4843-0
Barcode:	9781438448435

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