Sean Noah Walsh

Perversion and the Art of Persecution

Esotericism and Fear in the Political Philosophy of Leo Strauss

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book critically examines Leo Strauss’s claim that the philosophers of antiquity, especially Plato, wrote esoterically, hiding the highest truths "exclusively between the lines." Reading Strauss’s discourse through Lacanian psychoanalysis, his theory of esoteric writing can be understood as a pathologically perverse response to fear.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 437g
• ISBN-13: 9780739171806
• ISBN-10: 0739171801
• Artikelnr.: 35057736

Autorenporträt

Sean Noah Walsh is a lecturer in the Department of Politics & International Relations at Florida International University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: I Cannot Tell You that I Have a Secret
Chapter 2: The Two Cadavers of Political Philosophy: Esoteric Strategy and
the Murder of Socrates
Chapter 3: Storming the Metaphortress: A Political Theory of Persecution
Chapter 4: To Orphan the Words: The Platonic Tragedy of Esotericism
Chapter 5: Esotericism: The Highest Stage of Perversion
Chapter 6: Persecution Among Nations: A Manual for Perverse Government
Chapter 7: The Hidden Heart of Philosophy