Strauss's Political Philosophy

Leo Strauss (1899-1973) was a German-born Jew, who is considered to be a profound thinker of the twentieth century. The scholars agreed that the theological-political issues and the past and present dispute is the core of its ideology, these two points also constitute the framework of Strauss’s political philosophy aspect. Strauss’s political philosophy is quite different from the point of contemporary political thinkers, through the analysis of the modem crisis; Strauss turned to the initiator of modern political philosophy-Machiavelli, via Machiavelli dating back to the political philosophy of Socrates, and ultimately found the source of maintaining the vitality of Western civilization in the political philosophy of Socrates. This study was aiming at reading a large number of Strauss’s words to find his views on political philosophy in order to benefit the Strauss thought.The thesis is divided into five parts to fully explain the ins and outs of Strauss’s political philosophy. The first part brief analysis the background of Strauss revisit the political philosophy, that began in the Renaissance and Enlightenment’s modernity and the modern crisis triggered by modernity.The second part of the Department is the interpretation of Strauss’s political philosophy. This part first starts from the relationship between the philosophy and the city-state, expounding the possibility and necessity of political philosophy. Then analysis the alienation road from the true political philosophy to the ideology political philosophy.The third part discusses Strauss’s view of the crisis of political philosophy. The first crisis of political philosophy started from Machiavelli’s modern political. The second crisis began in Rousseau’s criticism of modern political state of nature-based sight. The third crisis as well as the crisis of our times attributed to Nietzsche and Heidegger’s political philosophy traceability.The fourth part explores Strauss’s political philosophy rescue Road. This part first analysis the existence possibility of classical political philosophy that is the fundamental opposition of philosophy and theology, philosophy and politics, politics and theology. Secondly, from the conditions for the existence of political philosophy, survival mode, and the philosophy’s transmission these three aspects detail discuss the Salvation Road of the political philosophy.The fifth part is the evaluation of Strauss’s political philosophy. This part discusses the status and significance of Strauss’s political philosophy, and analysis of Strauss’s political philosophy from the logic inherent contradictions.