Da história à natureza: o retorno de Leo Strauss ao pensamento não historicista

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https://doi.org/10.5902/2357797589733

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Leo Strauss, Filosofia política, Historicismo, Natureza, História

Résumé

Considerado o alcance da crítica ao historicismo, é possível dizer que a démarche filosófica de Leo Strauss se consolida como a tentativa de um retorno ao que seria o pensamento não historicista em sua “forma pura”, isto é, o pensamento em cujo núcleo figura uma compreensão original acerca do binômio natureza-história. Para o filósofo, a compreensão sobre esse par conceitual sofre uma mutação radical ao longo da modernidade, tornando a filosofia algo impossível ou absurdo e a filosofia política algo datado. Assim, sugere-se, a empreitada straussiana a nós se apresenta como uma tentativa de restauração da categoria de natureza (physis) e da noção de história (historia) tal como compreendidas pelos pensadores não historicistas. A proposta deste artigo é retomar alguns passos de Strauss nesse caminho de volta da história à natureza, destacando, especialmente, dois aspectos principais e correlatos, os quais, acredito, permitem-nos uma compreensão mínima sobre o significado da sofisticada empresa straussiana: (i) o uso justificado da metodologia genética e histórica do autor, algo que deve servir à tarefa de realçar ou, de modo enfático, reencenar as condições de possibilidade da filosofia política; e (ii) a defesa straussiana de uma compreensão não historicista da natureza, cuja adequação deve revelar a insuficiência da noção de história no âmbito do conhecimento acerca da natureza das coisas políticas e da ideia do direito natural. A partir desse destaque, nota-se a maneira como Strauss provoca sua audiência, trazendo à tona o elogio da filosofia e a suspeita incômoda sobre os limites do conhecimento histórico.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Izabella Corrêa Magalhães Coutinho, Université fédérale du minas gerais

Doutoranda pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (FAFICH/UFMG). Mestra em Filosofia pela mesma instituição (FAFICH/UFMG-2023). Licenciada e bacharela em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de São João Del-Rei (DFIME/UFSJ-2019). Bacharela em Comunicação Social com ênfase em Jornalismo pela Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (ICSA/UFOP-2013). Tem interesse em História da Filosofia, Ética e Filosofia Política. Atualmente desenvolve projeto de pesquisa sobre a obra do filósofo teuto-americano Leo Strauss, sob a orientação do professor Dr. Newton Bignotto e financiamento da CAPES.

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2024-12-31

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Coutinho, I. C. M. (2024). Da história à natureza: o retorno de Leo Strauss ao pensamento não historicista. Revista InterAção, 15(4), e89733. https://doi.org/10.5902/2357797589733