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responding to the challenge of positivism and historicism
edited and with an introduction by Catherine H. Zuckert ; with assistance from Les Harris and Philip Bretton.
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.