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Between Philosophy and Judaism: Leo Strauss’s Skeptical Engagement with Zionism

Between Philosophy and Judaism: Leo Strauss’s Skeptical Engagement with Zionism Abstract: This article offers an explanation for Leo Strauss’s apparently contradictory views on Israel and the Zionist project. Strauss’s views on Zionism, I argue, are intelligible only within an interpretative framework that allows for the fundamentally open-ended nature of Strauss’s thought. With this in mind, the article demonstrates how Strauss was able to reject the philosophical validity of Zionism even as he maintained a sectarian loyalty to Israel and the Jewish people. These twin identities – what I term “Strauss the Philosopher” and “Strauss the Man” – are justified on the grounds of Strauss’s wider thought. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the History of Ideas University of Pennsylvania Press

Between Philosophy and Judaism: Leo Strauss’s Skeptical Engagement with Zionism

Journal of the History of Ideas , Volume 78 (1) – Feb 8, 2017

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University of Pennsylvania Press
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Copyright © 2008 The Journal of the History of Ideas, Inc.
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1086-3222
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Abstract

Abstract: This article offers an explanation for Leo Strauss’s apparently contradictory views on Israel and the Zionist project. Strauss’s views on Zionism, I argue, are intelligible only within an interpretative framework that allows for the fundamentally open-ended nature of Strauss’s thought. With this in mind, the article demonstrates how Strauss was able to reject the philosophical validity of Zionism even as he maintained a sectarian loyalty to Israel and the Jewish people. These twin identities – what I term “Strauss the Philosopher” and “Strauss the Man” – are justified on the grounds of Strauss’s wider thought.

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Journal of the History of IdeasUniversity of Pennsylvania Press

Published: Feb 8, 2017

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