Philosophy, History, and Tyranny: Reexamining t, Burns, Frost Hardcover+-

Philosophy, History, and TyrannyReexamining the Debate between Leo Strauss and Alexandre Kojve\nAuthor(s): Timothy W. Burns, Bryan-Paul Frost\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: State University of New York Press, United States\nImprint: State University of New York Press\nISBN-13: 9781438462097, 978-1438462097\nSynopsis\nThe first comprehensive examination of the debate between Leo Strauss and Alexandre Kojve on the subject of philosophy and tyranny.\n\nOn Tyranny remains a perennial favorite, possessing a timelessness that few philosophical or scholarly debates have ever achieved. On one hand, On Tyranny is the first book-length work in Leo Strauss's extended study of Xenophon, and his \""Restatement\"" retains a vivacity and directness that is sometimes absent in his later works. On the other, \""Tyranny and Wisdom\"" is perhaps the most succinct yet fullest articulation of Alexandre Kojve's overall political thought, and it presents what may be the most uncompromising alternative to Straus.