Leo Strauss and Islamic Political Thought

In this book, Rasoul Namazi offers the first in-depth study of Leo Strauss'' writings on Islamic political thought, a topic that interested Strauss over the course of his career. Namazi''s volume focuses on several important studies by Strauss on Islamic thought. He critically analyzes Strauss''s notes on Averroes'' commentary on Plato''s Republic and also proposes an interpretation of Strauss'' t...