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Author Sheppard, Eugene R.

Title Leo Strauss and the politics of exile : the making of a political philosopher / Eugene R. Sheppard.

Publication Info. Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press ; Hanover : Published by University Press of New England, [2006]
©2006

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (xi, 191 pages).
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Series The Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series
Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Antisemitism and neo-Kantianism : from Kirchhain to Marburg (1899-1920) -- The formation of a Weimar conservative Jew (1921-1932) -- European exile and reorientation (1932-1937) -- Persecution and the art of writing : the New York years (1938-1948) -- Conclusion : looking back on Weimar and the politics of exile.
Summary "This is the first study to frame Strauss's political philosophy around his critique of liberalism and the problem of exile.
Sheppard follows Strauss from Europe to the United States, a journey of a conservative Weimar Jew struggling with modern liberalism and the existential and political contours of exile."--Jacket
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Subject Strauss, Leo.
Strauss, Leo.
Strauss, Leo.
Strauss, Leo.
Strauss, Leo.
Jewish philosophers -- Germany -- Biography.
Jewish philosophers.
Germany.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Jewish philosophers -- United States -- Biography.
United States.
Jews -- Germany -- Biography.
Jews.
Jewish refugees -- United States -- Biography.
Jews, German -- United States -- Biography.
Political science -- Philosophy.
Jewish refugees.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
Jews, German.
PHILOSOPHY -- Eastern.
Political science -- Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY -- General.
Political science -- Philosophy.
Jews, German -- United States -- Biography.
Jewish refugees -- United States -- Biography.
Jews -- Germany -- Biography.
Jewish philosophers -- United States -- Biography.
Jewish philosophers -- Germany -- Biography.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Leo Strauss and the politics of exile Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press ; c2006. 9781584656005 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2006033936
ISBN 9781611687699 ebook
1611687691
9781584656005 cloth alkaline paper
158465600X cloth alkaline paper