{"product_id":"a-new-politics-for-philosophy-9781498577328","title":"A New Politics for Philosophy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA New Politics for Philosophy: Essays on Plato, Nietzsche, and Strauss presents meticulous readings of key philosophical works of towering figures from both the classical and modern intellectual traditions: Protagoras, Aeschylus, Xenophon, Plato, Descartes, Nietzsche, and Leo Strauss. Inspired by the scholarship of Laurence Lampert, the international group of scholars explore questions of the nature or identity of the philosopher, with an emphasis on painstaking exegesis informed by close attention to detail. The chapters touch on topics ranging from Plato's Charmides, Aeschylus' Prometheia Trilogy, Xenophon's Hiero or Tyrannicus, Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Ecce Homo, Nietzsche's Plato, whether Nietzsche thought of himself as a modern-day Socrates, philosophy's relationship to science, the function of the noontide image in the center of Part IV of Nietzsche's Zarathustra, a re-evaluation of the young Nietzsche's break from the spell of Schopenhauer, the dramatic date of \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuided by the work of Friedrich Nietzsche and Leo Strauss, Laurence Lampert has shown us that reaching back into the thought of the past is indispensable if we are to think properly about the future. The present collection bears eloquent witness to the remarkable breadth, depth, and charm of Lampert’s philosophical labors, which combine Odyssean versatility with Achillean vigor. While each essay engages with different aspects of Lampert’s work, the volume as a whole provides a banquet of food for thought regarding the complex relationship between philosophy, poetry, politics and religion.\u003c\/p\u003e -- David Janssens, Tilburg University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis remarkable volume of essays in honor of Laurence Lampert brings together scholars of the first rank from China, Europe, and North America who offer brilliant analyses of the thought of Plato, Nietzsche, Strauss, Protagoras, and Xenophon. What renders this collection especially stimulating to the reader is the amazingly rich variety of interpretations it presents of these foundational thinkers. By setting forth for the reader's contemplation such powerfully reasoned dialogue and debate concerning what the true teaching of these philosophers is, these essays inspire the reader to undertake a philosophic journey of one's own and to ponder with greater penetration and depth the timeless works of these philosophers for oneself. \u003c\/p\u003e -- Peter J. Ahrensdorf, Davidson College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge A. Dunn and Mango Telli\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterview with Laurence Lampert\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConducted by Daniel Blue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: The Classical Background: Plato, Protagoras, Xenophon \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: How to Read Plato with Nietzsche’s Insights\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiu Xiaofeng\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: On the Opening of Plato’s Charmides\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeng Lei\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Socrates, Bendis, and Cephalus: Does Plato’s Republic Have an Historical Setting? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher Planeaux\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Recovering the Wisdom of Protagoras: A Reinterpretation of the Prometheia Trilogy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarty Sulek\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Heartache and Heiterkeit in Xenophon’s Hiero\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMango Telli\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: Friedrich Nietzsche: Philosopher of Our Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Zarathustra’s Crisis of Redemption\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeinrich Meier\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Nietzsche’s Apology: On Reading Ecce Homo, or, How One Becomes What One Is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeon Harold Craig\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Lange’s Consolation Prize: Nietzsche’s First Criticisms of Schopenhauer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Blue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: High Noon on Zarathustra’s Mountain: Zarathustra’s Midday Vision\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Bishop\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: Renatured Humans on a Sacred Earth: The Power of Nietzsche’s Ecological Thinking\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraham Parkes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III: Strauss, Modernity, and Theological-Political Engagements \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: From the Death of God to the Death of Man: What Lampert and Nietzsche Can Teach Catholics—and Straussians—about Environmentalism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Minowitz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12: The Collapsing Ladder of Degree: René Girard and Leo Strauss on the Origins of Modernity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge A. 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