Straussianism

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school of political philosophy

Straussianism is a school of political philosophy inspired by Leo Strauss that emphasizes close, often esoteric readings of classic texts and a critique of modern relativism and liberalism.

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Label	Occurrences
Straussianism canonical	2

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	school of political philosophy ⓘ
associatedWith	classical political philosophy ⓘ history of political thought ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ
critiques	modern liberalism ⓘ modern relativism ⓘ
developedIn	20th century ⓘ
emphasizes	careful reading of great books ⓘ importance of natural right ⓘ recovery of classical rationalism ⓘ tension between philosophy and politics ⓘ tension between reason and revelation ⓘ
focusesOn	close reading of classic texts ⓘ esoteric interpretation of philosophical texts ⓘ
hasConcept	crisis of modernity ⓘ esoteric writing ⓘ exoteric writing ⓘ persecution and the art of writing ⓘ return to the ancients ⓘ
hasNotableProponent	Allan Bloom NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry V. Jaffa NERFINISHED ⓘ Harvey C. Mansfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas L. Pangle NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Berns NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubtradition	East Coast Straussianism NERFINISHED ⓘ Midwest Straussianism NERFINISHED ⓘ West Coast Straussianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	American conservative thought ⓘ neoconservatism ⓘ political theory scholarship ⓘ
influencedBy	Aristotle ⓘ Baruch Spinoza NERFINISHED ⓘ Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ Martin Heidegger NERFINISHED ⓘ Niccolò Machiavelli NERFINISHED ⓘ Plato ⓘ Thomas Hobbes NERFINISHED ⓘ
inspiredBy	Leo Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ
methodologicallyContrastsWith	behavioralism in political science ⓘ quantitative political science ⓘ
namedAfter	Leo Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposes	historicism ⓘ positivism in political science ⓘ value relativism ⓘ
originatedIn	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
studies	classical Greek political philosophy ⓘ early modern political philosophy ⓘ medieval political philosophy ⓘ
taughtAt	Claremont McKenna College NERFINISHED ⓘ St. John’s College (Annapolis and Santa Fe) NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Subject: Straussianism
Description of subject: Straussianism is a school of political philosophy inspired by Leo Strauss that emphasizes close, often esoteric readings of classic texts and a critique of modern relativism and liberalism.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leo Strauss → movement → Straussianism ⓘ

Allan Bloom → movement → Straussianism ⓘ