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Strauss Of Modernity Crisis Question Study

Posted on:2015-12-08Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y J YinFull Text:PDF
GTID:2285330422483536Subject:Marxist philosophy
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The absence of the crisis of modernity, free sense and conservation ideologicaltrend has formed the obvious tension, it becomes a reflection of the most splendidmodernity controversy, nihilism and obscurantism debate with a new perspective intothe modernity under various thoughts influence, Strauss opened a modernity thoughts,to release their own academic BBS. Under the attention of scholars inside and outside,Strauss to conservatism trend prompted to save modernity, his mind no matter inforeign academic circles or in China, conservatism is started with the unique politicalrole for thinking about the problems of modernity. Strauss conservative attitude toclassical political philosophy, due to his attention to ancient and modern wars andspecial recognition, provides a new perspective for the reflection on modernity crisis,attention to the crisis of modernity is the focus of philosophical existence, so as topursuit classical philosophy, the hope of saving philosophy from nihilism andobscurantism of social, the philosophy from the dilemma of modernity, and not let itbecome more corrupt and decadent.To think, to the crisis of modernity is to break the crisis of modernity ofnihilism, liberalism, so want to use the authority of the classical Political philosophyto save the depravity of human nature, with the risk in the way of save trouble beblinded by modernity, modernity crisis the various ills threat to the survival ofmankind. In this crisis, many scholars have conducted a critical attack of modernityand to save the modernity predicament in the form of criticism and reflection ofhuman society, so philosophers have sought to save the way out, they are to return tothe classical philosophy in a positive attitude, so Strauss see Machiavelli andHeidegger etc, scholars has again for modernity "plot", essence is the modernity tothe degradation to the edge of the fallen.In a words, The classical political philosophy spirit poses challenges ofmodernity, the modernity of thinking reflects his attention to crisis ills, his willingnessto take risks and try, in a unique way to his political free sense and nihilismlaunched an attack, because free sense and obscurantism create obstacles for human’sown survival and impact, so academics to critique of modernity to reconstruct the authority of the classical political philosophy. So Strauss to think modernity as a wayof life of classical philosophy traceability, in order to save human depravity andhypocrisy, to prevent the misuse of modernity and beyond the natural right, so choiceby political philosophy way to rescue the crisis, the morbidity of depravity of humannature from the deliverance from the difficult position, in order to overcome the crisisof modernity decadent, decline, save the crisis of modernity, the natural right tosafeguard the dignity of the human being and nature of authority, but also in themaintenance of the survival rights and dignity of philosophy, for the survival ofpolitical philosophy has found a way out.
Keywords/Search Tags:Strauss, Human Depravity, Crisis of Modernity, Natural Rights, Classical Philosophy, Abuse
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