{"product_id":"leo-strauss-on-democracy-technology-and-liberal-education-9781438486130","title":"Leo Strauss on Democracy, Technology, and Liberal Education","description":"Liberal democracy is today under unprecedented attack from both the left and the right. Offering a fresh and penetrating examination of how Leo Strauss understood the emergence of liberal democracy and what is necessary to sustain and elevate it, \u003ci\u003eLeo Strauss on Democracy, Technology, and Liberal Education\u003c\/i\u003e explores Strauss' view of the intimate (and troubling) relation between the philosophic promotion of liberal democracy and the turn to the modern scientific-technological project of the conquest of nature. Timothy W. Burns explicates the political reasoning behind Strauss' recommendation of reminders of genuine political greatness \u003ci\u003ewithin\u003c\/i\u003e democracy over and against the failure of nihilistic youth to recognize it. Elucidating what Strauss envisaged by a liberally-educated sub-political or cultural-level aristocracy--one that could elevate and sustain liberal democracy--and the roles that both philosophy and divine-law traditions should have in that education, Burns also lays out Strauss' frequent (though often tacit) engagement with the thought of Heidegger on these issues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy W. Burns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438486130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimothy W. Burns\u003c\/b\u003e is is Professor and Graduate Program Director of Political Science at Baylor University. His books include \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy, History, and Tyranny: Reexamining the Debate between Leo Strauss and Alexandre Kojève\u003c\/i\u003e (coedited with Bryan-Paul Frost), also published by SUNY Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39826694045811,"sku":"9781438486130","price":88.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_44c8a995-dd09-4985-b2b1-c4d7c7a9d3ea.jpg?v=1644553887","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/leo-strauss-on-democracy-technology-and-liberal-education-9781438486130","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}