Leo Strauss Between Weimar and America

Leo Strauss Between Weimar and America examines the impact that immigration to the United States had on Leo Strauss's political thinking. Adi Armon investigates how this transition shaped the philosopher's overall intellectual trajectory.

The study traces the intellectual environment of the Weimar Republic that formed Strauss's early worldview, assessing shifts and continuities in his views before he emigrated. It links this early European background to his later writings produced during the Cold War.

A central feature of the analysis is its use of unpublished seminars that Strauss delivered at the University of Chicago during the 1950s and 1960s, offering new insight into his postwar thought.