The German stranger : Leo Strauss and national socialism / William H.F. Altman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : from Weimar to Crete -- 1. The enduring influence of F.H. Jacobi -- Appendix : self-deification in German philosophy -- 2. The double envelopment of cultural Zionism -- Appendix : Strauss's first Zionist publication -- 3. The only great thinker in our time -- Appendix : the Heidegger footnote -- 4. A radical critique of liberalism -- Appendix : the 1933 letter to Löwith -- 5. The last word in "secularization" -- Appendix : the evanescence of the Weimar paradox -- 6. To master the art of writing -- Appendix : the future of Frankistan -- 7. The theological-political problem's final solution -- Appendix : my personal encounter with Straussianism -- 8. The Aristeia of Leo Strauss -- Appendix : the three peoples of the book -- 9. Ancients and Nazis -- Appendix : Strauss's letters to Klein, 1938 to 1939 -- Conclusion : of enemies and friends : a liberal's response.