He was not accorded the kind of public notice that other philosophic figures of our age, such as Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, Jacques Derrida, or Richard Rorty, acquired. For example, during his lifetime he was not reviewed in places like the New York Times Book Review or the New York Review of Books. Although well known and very controversial within his discipline, he never achieved public fame. He produced fifteen books and many essays on his subject.

Dead more than thirty years by now, Strauss was a self-described scholar of the history of political philosophy. The Truth about Leo Strauss is essential reading for anyone who wants the real story behind this subtle and important thinkerÆs intellectual achievement.”-Roger Kimball, coeditor and publisher of the New Criterion and publisher of Encounter BooksĪn excerpt from The Truth about Leo Strauss Political Philosophy and American Democracy Catherine and Michael ZuckertĪ specter is haunting America, and that specter is, strange to say, Leo Strauss. The Zuckerts set the record straight with graceful aplomb. Most of what you hear about Leo Strauss-his work, his supposedly malign political influence-is the product of misguided political animus. They have taken one of the most willfully misunderstood and unfairly vilified philosophers of modern times and treated him to the lucid scrutiny of dispassionate analysis. “Catherine and Michael Zuckert have performed a signal intellectual service. Their judgments are balanced yet sharp, exceptionally well informed, and persuasive.”-Rogers M.

“Writing with their typical thoughtfulness and scrupulous care, Catherine and Michael Zuckert dispel many distortions and misunderstandings in their invaluable account of The Truth about Leo Strauss.

It dispels myths promulgated by both friends and foes and persuasively traces the conflicting paths that American thinkers indebted to Strauss have taken.”-William Galston, Brookings Institution “ The Truth about Leo Strauss is the most balanced and insightful book yet written about Strauss's thought, students, and political influence.

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