Eros Turannos: Leo Strauss & Alexandre Kojeve Debate on Tyranny - Softcover

Singh, Aakash

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761832599 ISBN 13: 9780761832591

Verlag: University Press Of America, 2005

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Reseña del editor:

Eros Turannos analyzes the debates between Leo Strauss and Alexandre Kojeve. Their debates are contextualized through the Platonic notion of a likeness between the psuche (soul) and the polis (city). This classical notion is updated through contemporary philosopher William Desmond's linked accounts of eros and tyranny. Conclusions are drawn on the nature of the debaters' political philosophies-on their potential inclination toward the advocacy or rejection of tyranny and on the role that their differing conceptions of eros played. It is suggested that the Platonic perspective on eros and tyranny remains an important way of looking at the nature of tyranny, even in modernity.

Biografía del autor:

Aakash Singh is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Delhi University. He earned his doctorate at Catholic University of Leuven.

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• Verlag: University Press Of America
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0761832599
• ISBN 13: 9780761832591
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160