{"product_id":"leo-strauss-daniel-tanguay-9780300172102","title":"Leo Strauss: An Intellectual Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince political theorist Leo Strauss's death in 1973, American interpreters have heatedly debated his intellectual legacy. Daniel Tanguay recovers Strauss from the atmosphere of partisan debate that has dominated American journalistic, political, and academic discussions of his work. Tanguay offers in crystal-clear prose the first assessment of the whole of Strauss's thought, a daunting task owing to the vastness and scope of Strauss's writings. This comprehensive overview of Strauss's thought is indispensable for anyone seeking to understand his philosophy and legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTanguay gives special attention to Strauss's little-known formative years, 1920-1938, during which the philosopher elaborated \u003cem\u003ethe\u003c\/em\u003e theme of his research, what he termed the \"theological-political problem.\" Tanguay shows the connection of this theme to other major elements in Strauss's thought, such as the Quarrel between the Ancients and Moderns, the return to classical natural right, the art of esoteric writing, and his critique of modernity. In so doing, the author approaches what is at the heart of Strauss's work: God and politics. Rescuing Strauss from polemics and ill-defined generalizations about his ideas, Tanguay provides instead an important and timely analysis of a major philosophical thinker of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Tanguay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300172109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300172102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.22w x 0.62d","brand":"Daniel Tanguay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913598501119,"sku":"9780300172102","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e7c59a42-ff21-473d-af61-fcb34bfafb7e.jpg?v=1680621281","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/leo-strauss-daniel-tanguay-9780300172102","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}