Neoconservant reception of Leo Strauss criticism to the Weberian modern project of a value-free science
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https://doi.org/10.5335/rjd.v34i1.9895Keywords:
Modern social science, Epistemology, Leo Strauss, Neoconservatism, NihilismAbstract
The purpose of this article is to identify Leo Strauss's critique of Max Weber's proposal to find an axiologically neutral modern social science, besides making considerations about the influence of this Straussian assessment on US neoconservative thinking. It is intended to demonstrate that the profound
consequence produced by Modern Social Science - based on the distinction between facts and values as a fundamental criterion for engendering objective social knowledge - is he disbelief (or even refusal itself) of the fundamental principles that inform western civilization, namely: reason, morals and peace. In order to achieve the central research objective, this paper presents the Straussian critique of the Weberian project of Social Science preceded by a synthetic contextualization of Leo Strauss's thought and succeeded by considerations that indicate Strauss's influence on the constitution of US neoconservative thought.
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