Crisis of the Strauss Divided

By Harry V. Jaffa

Harry V. Jaffa, one of Strauss's most influential students and an ardent participant in the internal divisions among Straussians, 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."

IntroductionPrefaceChapter 1: Straussian Geography: A Memoir and CommentaryChapter 2: Leo Strauss RememberedChapter 3: Political Philosophy and Honor: The Leo Strauss Dissertation AwardChapter 4: The Legacy of Leo Strauss: Review of Studies in Platonic Political PhilosophyChapter 5: The Platonism of Leo Strauss: A Reply to Harry JaffaChapter 6: "The Legacy of Leo Strauss" DefendedChapter 7: The Politics of Moderation: Strauss's EsotericismChapter 8: Leo Strauss's Churchillian Speech and the Question of the Decline of the WestChapter 9: Response to M.F. Burnyeat's "Sphinx Without a Secret," A Review of Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy in the New York Review of BooksChapter 10: "Dear Professor Drury"Chapter 11: Crisis of the Strauss Divided: The Legacy ReconsideredChapter 12: Leo Strauss, the Bible, and Political PhilosophyChapter 13: A Letter to the Editor of the New York Review of Books, 1992Chapter 14: "Relativism"Chapter 15: Strauss at 100Chapter 16: Moral Order in the Western Tradition: Harry Jaffa's Grand Synthesis of Athens, Jerusalem, and PeoriaChapter 17: 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"Chapter 18: Jaffa's New Birth: Harry Jaffa at NinetyChapter 19: A Reply to Michael Zuckert's "Jaffa's New Birth: Harry Jaffa at Ninety"Chapter 20: Epilogue to Crisis of the Strauss Divided