Leo Strauss on political philosophy : responding to the challenge of positivism and historicism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Strauss, Leo (Author)
Other Authors:	Zuckert, Catherine H., 1942- (Editor), Harris, Les (Editor) (Editor), Bretton, Philip (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Series:	Leo Strauss transcript series.
Subjects:	Political science > Philosophy. Political science > History. Political science. History.

Description
Item Description:	Editor's introduction: Strauss's introduction to political philosophy -- Part I: The obstacles to the study of political philosophy today -- A. Positivism. Comte as the founder of positivism: the three stages of the history of mankind -- Comte's positive political philosophy -- Positivism after Comte: Simmel -- Value-free social science: Weber -- Strauss's responses to contemporary defenses of the fact-value distinction -- B. Historicism. Historicism as the more serious challenge to political philosophy -- R.G. Collingwood as an example -- Why studying the history of political philosophy is necessary today. On the difference between the ancients and the moderns -- Part 3: The origins of political philosophy. Physis and nomos.
Physical Description:	xxxviii, 232 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780226566825 022656682X