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Timothy W. Burns and Bryan-Paul Frost, eds.: Philosophy, History, and Tyranny: Reexamining the Debate between Leo Strauss and Alexandre Kojève

Albany: State University of New York Press, 2016. 380 pp. $90.00. ISBN: 978-1438462097

  • 18-12-2017
  • Book Review
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Will Morrisey
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Leo Strauss and Alexander Kojève advanced sharply contrasting estimations of the modern tyrannies that arose in their lifetime. This collection of essays continues their debate, which centered on Xenophon’s dialogue, On Tyranny, but extended to a consideration of tyranny “ancient and modern” and finally to the philosophic underpinnings of modern political regimes.

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Title
Timothy W. Burns and Bryan-Paul Frost, eds.: Philosophy, History, and Tyranny: Reexamining the Debate between Leo Strauss and Alexandre Kojève
Albany: State University of New York Press, 2016. 380 pp. $90.00. ISBN: 978-1438462097
Author
Will Morrisey
Publication date
18-12-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Society / Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 0147-2011
Electronic ISSN: 1936-4725
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-017-0220-z

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