| Natural Right and History Revised Edition Contributor(s): Strauss, Leo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226776948 ISBN-13: 9780226776941 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1965 Annotation: The problem of natural right is one of the most controversial and significant issues in contemporary political and social philosophy. Leo Strauss, eminent author of The Political Philosophy of Hobbes, examines the current status of this problem and shows that the reasons which have led to a rejection of natural right are not valid. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civil Rights - Political Science | American Government - National - Philosophy |
| Dewey: 323.4 |
| LCCN: 2014427014 |
| Series: Walgreen Foundation Lectures |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.3" W x 8.01" (0.78 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this classic work, Leo Strauss examines the problem of natural right and argues that there is a firm foundation in reality for the distinction between right and wrong in ethics and politics. On the centenary of Strauss's birth, and the fiftieth anniversary of the Walgreen Lectures which spawned the work, Natural Right and History remains as controversial and essential as ever. Strauss . . . makes a significant contribution towards an understanding of the intellectual crisis in which we find ourselves . . . and] brings to his task an admirable scholarship and a brilliant, incisive mind.--John H. Hallowell, American Political Science Review Leo Strauss (1899-1973) was the Robert Maynard Hutchins Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Political Science at the University of Chicago. |
Contributor Bio(s): Strauss, Leo: - Leo Strauss (1899-1973) was one of the preeminent political philosophers of the twentieth century. From 1949 to 1968 he was professor of political science at the University of Chicago. He is the author of many books, among them The Political Philosophy of Hobbes, Natural Right and History, and Spinoza's Critique of Religion, all published by the University of Chicago Press. |