Philosophy, History, and Tyranny
(December 2016)
Reexamining the Debate between Leo Strauss and Alexandre Kojeve Timothy W. Burns - Editor Bryan-Paul Frost - Editor
The first comprehensive examination of the debate between Leo Strauss and Alexandre Kojève on the subject of philosophy and tyranny.
On 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 “Re...(Read More)
Examines the political dimensions of Aristophanes’ comic poetry.
This original and wide-ranging collection of essays offers, for the first time, a comprehensive examination of the political dimensions of that madcap comic poet Aristophanes. Rejecting the claim that Aristophanes is little more than a mere comedian, the contributors to this fascinating volume demonstrate that Aristophanes deserves to be placed...(Read More)
