In my graduate seminar on Leo Strauss, we are now reading William Altman's The German Stranger: Leo Strauss and National Socialism (Lexington Books, 2011). Our first discussion of this book was instructive. All of our discussions in this class have been good, for which I am grateful to the students--David Bahr, Nick Blazer, Anthony Clarke, John Grove, Todd Noelle, Kate Paton, Jesse Peck, and Mike Tolhurst.
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In my seminar on Leo Strauss, we are now reading Natural Right and History. Reading it again reminds me of what a strange book it is. The first paragraph of the Introduction creates the impression that this is going to be a book def... Read Post
The argument of Will Altman's The German Stranger: Leo Strauss and National Socialism can be summarized in nine theses: 1. Biblical dualism 2. Biblical liberalism 3. Platonic dualism 4. Platonic liberalism 5. Straussian anti-dualism... Read Post
At the end of the summer, the American Political Science Association will be meeting in Chicago. For that meeting, I have proposed a panel on William Altman's book The German Stranger: Leo Strauss and National Socialism (2011), whic... Read Post