Crisis of the Strauss divided : essays on Leo Strauss and Straussianism, East and West / Harry V. Jaffa ; with Thomas L. Pangle ... [and others]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Straussian Geography: A Memoir and Commentary. Leo Strauss Remembered. Political Philosophy and Honor: The Leo Strauss Dissertation Award. The Legacy of Leo Strauss: Review of Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy. The Platonism of Leo Strauss: A Reply to Harry Jaffa. "The Legacy of Leo Strauss" Defended. The Politics of Moderation: Strauss's Esotericism. Leo Strauss's Churchillian Speech and the Question of the Decline of the West. Response to M.F. Burnyeat's "Sphinx Without a Secret," A Review of Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy in the New York Review of Books. "Dear Professor Drury". Crisis of the Strauss Divided: The Legacy Reconsidered. Leo Strauss, the Bible, and Political Philosophy. A Letter to the Editor of the New York Review of Books, 1992. "Relativism". Strauss at 100. Moral Order in the Western Tradition: Harry Jaffa's Grand Synthesis of Athens, Jerusalem, and Peoria. Too Good to be True? A Reply to Robert Kraynak's "Moral Order in the Western Tradition: Harry Jaffa's Grand Synthesis of Athens, Jerusalem, and Peoria". Jaffa's New Birth: Harry Jaffa at Ninety. A Reply to Michael Zuckert's "Jaffa's New Birth: Harry Jaffa at Ninety". Epilogue to Crisis of the Strauss Divided

Harry V. Jaffa, one of Strauss's most influential students and an ardent participant in the internal divisions among Staussians, brings together his key contributions to the battle to define Strauss's legacy. The collection includes an important original essay, published here for the first time, "Straussian Geography: A Memoir and Commentary."

Leo Strauss (1899-1973) was the greatest mind in political philosophy in the twentieth century, and possibly in other centuries as well. That, I am well aware, is a judgment I share with very few, if any." So writes Harry V. Jaffa in his epilogue to this volume. Including an extensive unpublished essay entitled "Straussian Geography: A Memoir and Commentary," Crisis of the Strauss Divided brings together a collection of Jaffa's published arguments defending and explaining that judgment, written during the 40 years since Strauss's death. The volume includes arguments of those who have disagreed with Jaffa about Strauss's teaching and about the nature of political philosophy. These wide ranging exchanges explore many of the great themes of political philosophy and, in particular, the implications of Strauss's thinking for America and modern civilization."--Publisher's website

Straussian Geography: A Memoir and Commentary -- Leo Strauss Remembered -- Political Philosophy and Honor: The Leo Strauss Dissertation Award -- The Legacy of Leo Strauss: Review of Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy -- The Platonism of Leo Strauss: A Reply to Harry Jaffa -- "The Legacy of Leo Strauss" Defended -- The Politics of Moderation: Strauss's Esotericism -- Leo Strauss's Churchillian Speech and the Question of the Decline of the West -- Response to M.F. Burnyeat's "Sphinx Without a Secret," A Review of Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy in the New York Review of Books -- "Dear Professor Drury". Crisis of the Strauss Divided: The Legacy Reconsidered -- Leo Strauss, the Bible, and Political Philosophy -- A Letter to the Editor of the New York Review of Books, 1992. "Relativism". Strauss at 100. Moral Order in the Western Tradition: Harry Jaffa's Grand Synthesis of Athens, Jerusalem, and Peoria -- Too Good to be True? -- A Reply to Robert Kraynak's "Moral Order in the Western Tradition: Harry Jaffa's Grand Synthesis of Athens, Jerusalem, and Peoria". Jaffa's New Birth: Harry Jaffa at Ninety -- A Reply to Michael Zuckert's "Jaffa's New Birth: Harry Jaffa at Ninety". Epilogue to Crisis of the Strauss Divided.