Between Philosophy and Judaism: Leo Strauss’s Skeptical Engagement with Zionism
This article offers an explanation for Leo Strauss’s apparently contradictory views on Israel and the Zionist project. Strauss’s views on Zionism, I argue, are intelligible only within an interpretative framework that allows for the fundamentally open-ended nature of Strauss’s thought. With this in...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2017
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Journal of the history of ideas
Jahr: 2017, Band: 78, Heft: 1, Seiten: 95-116 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This article offers an explanation for Leo Strauss’s apparently contradictory views on Israel and the Zionist project. Strauss’s views on Zionism, I argue, are intelligible only within an interpretative framework that allows for the fundamentally open-ended nature of Strauss’s thought. With this in mind, the article demonstrates how Strauss was able to reject the philosophical validity of Zionism even as he maintained a sectarian loyalty to Israel and the Jewish people. These twin identities – what I term “Strauss the Philosopher” and “Strauss the Man” – are justified on the grounds of Strauss’s wider thought. |
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| ISSN: | 1086-3222 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of the history of ideas
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/jhi.2017.0004 |