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Book Title
On Tyranny
ISBN
0226776875
EAN
9780226776873
Release Title
On Tyranny
Artist
Strauss, Leo
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226776875
ISBN-13
9780226776873
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1814884

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
358 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
On Tyranny
Subject
Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism, General, Political
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Author
Leo Strauss
Subject Area
Political Science, Philosophy
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
17.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number
2
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
99-057271
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
321.9
Table Of Content
Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction I. On Tyranny Xenophon: Hiero or Tyrannicus Leo Strauss: On Tyranny Notes on On Tyranny II. The Strauss-Kojève Debate Alexandre Kojève: Tyranny and Wisdom Leo Strauss: Restatement on Xenophon's Hiero III. The Strauss-Kojève Correspondence Letters Editorial Notes Name Index Subject Index
Edition Description
Revised edition,Expanded,Enlarged edition
Synopsis
On Tyranny is Leo Strauss's classic reading of Xenophon's dialogue, Hiero or Tyrannicus, in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss the advantages and disadvantages of exercising tyranny. This edition includes a translation of the dialogue, a critique of the commentary by the French philosopher Alexandre Kojève, Strauss's restatement of his position in light of Kojève's comments, and finally, the complete Strauss-Kojève correspondence. "Through [Strauss's] interpretation Xenophon appears to us as no longer the somewhat dull and flat author we know, but as a brilliant and subtle writer, an original and profound thinker. What is more, in interpreting this forgotten dialogue, Strauss lays bare great moral and political problems that are still ours." --Alexandre Kojève, Critique " On Tyranny is a complex and stimulating book with its 'parallel dialogue' made all the more striking since both participants take such unusual, highly provocative positions, and so force readers to face substantial problems in what are often wholly unfamiliar, even shocking ways." --Robert Pippin, History and Theory "Every political scientist who tries to disentangle himself from the contemporary confusion over the problems of tyranny will be much indebted to this study and inevitably use it as a starting point."--Eric Voegelin, The Review of Politics Leo Strauss (1899-1973) was the Robert Maynard Hutchins Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago., On Tyranny is Leo Strauss's classic reading of Xenophon's dialogue, Hiero or Tyrannicus, in which the tyrant Hiero and the poet Simonides discuss the advantages and disadvantages of exercising tyranny. This edition includes a translation of the dialogue, a critique of the commentary by the French philosopher Alexandre Kojeve, Strauss's restatement of his position in light of Kojeve's comments, and finally, the complete Strauss-Kojeve correspondence. "Through Strauss's] interpretation Xenophon appears to us as no longer the somewhat dull and flat author we know, but as a brilliant and subtle writer, an original and profound thinker. What is more, in interpreting this forgotten dialogue, Strauss lays bare great moral and political problems that are still ours." --Alexandre Kojeve, Critique " On Tyranny is a complex and stimulating book with its 'parallel dialogue' made all the more striking since both participants take such unusual, highly provocative positions, and so force readers to face substantial problems in what are often wholly unfamiliar, even shocking ways." --Robert Pippin, History and Theory "Every political scientist who tries to disentangle himself from the contemporary confusion over the problems of tyranny will be much indebted to this study and inevitably use it as a starting point."--Eric Voegelin, The Review of Politics Leo Strauss (1899-1973) was the Robert Maynard Hutchins Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.
LC Classification Number
PA4494.H6S8 2000

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