Between Eternities: On the Tradition of Political Philosophy, Past, Present, and Future

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Lexington Books, 1 gen 2008 - 657 pagine
Between Eternities deals with the future of the tradition of political philosophy. The author argues that this tradition can only progress after the postmodernist fragmentation of political philosophy has been realized as part of the grander scheme of the history of Western thought.
 

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Introduction Political Philosophy Is There a Future Tradition?
1
MODERN CONSTRUCTIVISM OR PHENOMENOLOGY
11
Modernity and Its Closure
13
The End of History or a Portal to the Future Does Anything Lie Beyond Late Modernity?
17
What Is Political Philosophy A Phenomenological Approach
37
Machiavellis The Prince and the Essence of Modernity
65
Phenomenology or Constructivism Robert Pippins Modernity
85
Cacophony or Silence Derridas Deconstructionism and the Possibility of Political Philosophy
107
Plato Platonism and a Second Beginning
307
Dialogue and Dialectic in Platos Phaedo Plato as Metaphysician Epistemologist Ontologist and Political Philosopher
313
Political Philosophy and Eros Platos Socrates in the Symposium
337
Platos Parmenides Socratism and the Origins of Platonic Political Philosophy
371
Between Platonism and Postmodernism Platos Emendation of Socratism in the Trilogy
397
Aristotle on Reason and Its Limits
433
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AFTER MODERNITY?
469
Openings Toward the Postmodern
471

LEO STRAUSS AND THE TRADITION AN ENGAGEMENT
145
Remembrance and Tradition
147
Who Was Leo Strauss?
151
Leo Strauss and the Straussians An AntiDemocratic Cult?
167
Athens and Washington Leo Strauss and the American Regime
187
On a Possible Epicurean Garden for Philosophy Philosophy and the City in the Thought of Leo Strauss
215
On Cropseys World Joseph Cropsey and the Tradition of Political Philosophy
249
On the Tradition of Political Philosophy in the Future Leo Strauss and Martin Heidegger
279
THE NONMETAPHYSICAL PLATO SECOND BEGINNINGS?
305
Legitimacy International Morality and the Postmodern Global Future
475
Jerusalem and Washington Political Philosophy and Theology
501
Ontology Technology Poetry or Mandarin Pastime? Theoretical Physics in the Postmodern Age
529
The Queen of the Sciences Political Philosophy or Biology?
559
Political Philosophy and Environmentalism Recovering the Phenomenon Nature
589
Conclusion Is There a Future?
617
Index
633
About the Author
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Gregory B. Smith is professor of political science and philosophy affiliated with the Departments of Political Science and Philosophy at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn.

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