Leo Strauss and Emmanuel Levinas : philosophy and the politics of revelation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Batnitzky, Leora Faye, 1966-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Subjects:	Jewish philosophy. Strauss, Leo. Lévinas, Emmanuel. Philosophy, Modern > 20th century. Political science > Philosophy. Cohen, Hermann, > 1842-1918.
Online Access:	Table of contents Publisher description

Table of Contents:

Strauss and Levinas between Athens and Jerusalem
Levinas's defense of modern philosophy : how Strauss might respond
"Freedom depends upon its bondage" : the shared debt to Franz Rosenzweig
An irrationalist rationalism : Levinas's transformation of Hermann Cohen
The possibility of pre-modern rationalism : Strauss's transformation of Hermann Cohen
Against utopia : law and its limits
Zionism and the discovery of prophetic politics
Politics and hermeneutics : Strauss's and Levinas's retrieval of classical Jewish sources
Revelation and commandment : Strauss, Levinas, and the theologico-political predicament.