Faith and Political Philosophy: The Correspondence Between Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin, 1934-1964 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0271008830 ISBN 13: 9780271008837

Publisher: Penn State University Press, 1993

Synopsis

Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin were political theorists of the first rank whose impact on the study of political science in North America has been profound. A study of their writings is one of the most expeditious ways to explore the core of political science; comparing and contrasting the positions both theorists have taken in assessing that core provides a comprehensive appreciation of the main options of the Western tradition.In fifty-three recently discovered letters, Strauss and Voegelin explore the nature of their similarities and differences, offering trenchant observations about one another's work, about the state of the discipline, and about the influences working on them. The correspondence fleshes out many assumptions made in their published writings, often with a frankness and directness that removes all vestiges of ambiguity. Included with the correspondence are four pivotal re-published essays-Jersualem and Athens: Some Preliminary Reflections (Strauss), The Gospel and Cul

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From the Publisher

Translated and Edited, with an Introduction, by Peter Emberley and Barry Cooper

About the Author

Peter C. Emberley is Associate Professor of Political Science at Carleton University and editor of By Loving our Own: George Grant and the Legacy of Lament for a Nation (1990).

Barry Cooper is Professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary and author of several books, including The End of History (1984) and Action into Nature: An Essay on the Meaning of Technology (1991).

About this edition

• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0271008830
• ISBN 13: 9780271008837
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 394
• Editor: Emberley Peter, Cooper Barry