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Leo Strauss and the politics of exile the making of a political philosopher

Print Book, English, 2006
Brandeis Univ. Press Univ. Press of New England, Waltham, Mass, Hanover, Mass, 2006
Biographies
XI, 191 S. 24 cm
9781584656005, 158465600X
261400781
Acknowledgmentsxi
Introduction1
Chapter 1. Antisemitism and Neo-Kantianism: From Kirchhain to Marburg (1899-1920)9
Chapter 2. The Formation of a Weimar Conservative Jew (1921-1932)17
Chapter 3. European Exile and Reorientation (1932-1937)54
Chapter 4. Persecution and the Art of Writing: The New York Years (1938-1948)81
Conclusion: Looking Back on Weimar and the Politics of Exile118
Abbreviations131
Notes133
Index179