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Perversion and the art of persecution : esotericism and fear in the political philosophy of Leo Strauss /
This book critically examines Leo Strauss's claim that the philosophers of antiquity, especially Plato, wrote esoterically, hiding the highest truths "exclusively between the lines." Reading Strauss's discourse through Lacanian psychoanalysis, his theory of esoteric writing can b...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Md. :
Lexington Books,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book critically examines Leo Strauss's claim that the philosophers of antiquity, especially Plato, wrote esoterically, hiding the highest truths "exclusively between the lines." Reading Strauss's discourse through Lacanian psychoanalysis, his theory of esoteric writing can be understood as a pathologically perverse response to fear. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 183 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780739171813 073917181X 9781280668852 1280668857 |