DO NIILISMO À EXPERIÊNCIA TOTALITÁRIA

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https://doi.org/10.67676/ayqzh317

Keywords:

Niilismo, Leo Strauss, Tirania, Totalitarismos, Nazismo

Abstract

The present article aims to show how the Teutonic American political
philosopher Leo Strauss tries by means of a reflection on the historical phenomenon of
the tyranny, to develop a greater understanding of the advent of the totalitarianisms of the
twentieth century, what the philosopher came to call "tyranny of our times". Thus,
Strauss's effort here is to trace a kind of reading about, or an inquiry into, what are, so to
speak, the intellectual roots of totalitarian regimes and, above all, of Nazism.

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Published

2017-01-01

How to Cite

DO NIILISMO À EXPERIÊNCIA TOTALITÁRIA. Outramargem: revista de Filosofia, Belo Horizonte, Brasil, v. 4, n. 6, p. 59–76, 2017. DOI: 10.67676/ayqzh317. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/outramargem/article/view/65454. Acesso em: 16 oct. 2026.