Leo Strauss

1899 - 1973, American philosopher, b. Hessen, Germany. Strauss ran away from the Nazis and came to America, where he taught at the university. Chicago (1949 - 1968). Strauss is known for the controversial interpretation of political philosophers such as Xenophon and Plato. Strauss wrote an influential contemporary political philosophical criticism, the philosophy since Machiavelli, even though it was clearly an abstentionary political system, it could not make a value judgment on the political system.

Those who read Shadia Drury's right-wing political theorist, Leo Strauss, LEO STRAUSS, and the American rights explanation will recognize this absolute preference in Strauss's anti-democratic analysis and plan. Based on their open / special interpretation of the Republic of Plato and other classical political texts, Strauss must preserve society from looting looting - an imaginary pastor - imagines himself Opportunities And equality of justice. According to their reading, the greatness they advocated is either good governance or chaos. Of course, they regard themselves as members of rich domination. Not surprisingly, many members of the Bush administration and consultants discovered Strauss' anti-democratic theory.

Evil abuse: political and religious corruption since 9/11 (the theme of the 21st century)

When the famous political theographer Leo Strauss raised political and religious topics in his thoughts, he regarded it as a problem - he called it "Theology - Political Issues" ( Strauss 1997). Strauss said the problem is primarily authoritarian: Is political authority based on revelation or reason, Jerusalem or Athens' idea? In the process of explaining the problem, Strauss is deeply studying the tendencies of thinking in the politics of the West and the nature, scope and justification of political authority. Is the power of monarchy a sacred right? Does God give the power to make war for religious purposes to secular rulers like the king and the emperor: rejection of infidelity conversion or infidual attack against true faith? Is a secular ruler entitled to suppress heathens? When the principle of the nation conflicts with God, what authority does the state preserve?