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Perversion and the Art of Persecution - Esotericism and Fear in the Political Philosophy of Leo Strauss (Hardcover, New)
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Perversion and the Art of Persecution - Esotericism and Fear in the Political Philosophy of Leo Strauss (Hardcover, New)
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In this critical work on the political thought of Leo Strauss, Sean
Noah Walsh addresses Leo Strauss's claims about esotericism in the
philosophic texts of Plato. He challenges Strauss's understanding
of esoteric writing as an attempt by Plato to secretly encode the
highest truths "exclusively between the lines" in order to avoid
persecution. Indeed, through the character of Socrates, the speaker
with whom Plato is inextricably associated, Walsh asserts that
Plato's exoteric writings were sufficiently incendiary and
provocative to demonstrate that a fear of persecution was not his
highest priority. The politics that follow from Strauss's thought
depend on the interpretation of these Platonic philosophical bases
and by analyzing how the problem of fear has been confronted in the
works of Plato and Leo Strauss, Walsh offers a direct and thorough
account of the politics that emerge from Strauss's esoteric reading
of political philosophy. Applying Lacanian psychoanalysis, Walsh
investigates the discourse of Straussian esotericism. and examines
Plato's writing for examples of exoteric risk, subjecting both
Plato and Strauss's writings to Lacan's psychoanalytic technique
for interpreting the function of desire in discourse. Given the
continuing influence of Strauss's ideas on contemporary politics,
particularly within American foreign policy, Walsh's examination of
this Straussian esotericism for these effects will prove an
interesting read for political theorists, international relations
scholars, and philosophers alike.
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