Binding: Paperback
Description: In the winter of 1965, Leo Strauss taught a seminar on Hegel at the University of Chicago. While Strauss neither considered himself a Hegelian nor wrote about Hegel at any length his writings contain intriguing references to the philosopher particularly in connection with his studies of Hobbes in his debate in On Tyranny with Alexandre Koje`ve; and in his account of the three waves of modern political philosophy. Leo Strauss on Hegel reconstructs Strauss's seminar on Hegel supplemented by passages from an earlier version of the seminar from which only fragments of a transcript remain. Strauss focused his seminar on the lectures collected in The Philosophy of History which he considered more accessible than Hegel's written works. In his own lectures on Hegel Strauss continues his project of demonstrating how modern philosophers related to ancient thought and explores the development and weaknesses of modern political theory. Strauss is especially concerned with the relationship in Hegel between empirical history and his philosophy of history and he argues for the primacy of religion in Hegel's understanding of history and society. In addition to a relatively complete transcript Leo Strauss on Hegel also includes annotations which bring context and clarity to the text.
Title: Leo Strauss On Hegel
Author(s): Strauss Leo, Paul Franco
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226816784
Pages: 384 Pages
Publication Date: 12/24/2021
Series: The Leo Strauss Transcript Series
Category: Western Philosophy: C 1600 To C 1900