Tony Burns

The Legacy of Leo Strauss Tony Burns

Brief Description: Leo Strauss was a political philosopher who died in 1973 but came to prominent attention around the beginning of the war in Iraq. Charges began emerging that architects of the war had studied with, or been influenced by, Strauss' works. This volume explores these works. Review Quotes: "offer some new aspects to consider about Leo Strauss and his legacy and thus adds to our understanding of Strauss."--Clifford A Bates Jr "Political Studies Review "Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Brief Description: Leo Strauss was a political philosopher who died in 1973 but came to came to prominent attention in the United States and also Britain around the beginning of the War in Iraq. Charges began emerging that architects of the war such as Paul Wolfowitz... Review Quotes:"Offer[s] some new aspects to consider about Leo Strauss and his legacy and thus adds to our understanding of Strauss."--Clifford A Bates Jr "Political Studies Review "

Contributor Bio:  Burns, Tony Tony Burns is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is the author of Political Theory and Science Fiction: Ursula K. Le Guin and The Dispossessed (Lexington, 2008) and Natural Law and Political Ideology in the Philosophy of Hegel (Avebury, 1996). He is co-editor, with Ian Fraser, of The Hegel-Marx Connection (Palgrave, 2000), and co-editor, with Simon Thompson, of Global Justice and the Politics of Recognition (Palgrave, forthcoming 2009). Contributor Bio:  Connelly, James James Connelly is Professor of Politics at the University of Hull, UK. He has co-edited an edition of RG Collingwood's An Essay on Philosophical Method (2005) and published Metaphysics, Method and Politics: the Political Philosophy of RG Collingwood in 2003.