Platypus, Strauss, and the philosophy-politics nexus
THE PLATYPUS AFFILIATED SOCIETY’S project is to think through the impact of defeat and decline on the revolutionary Left’s theory and praxis. Reading and viewing Platypus materials online, we quickly learn how important the nexus between philosophy and politics is for this project.[^1] Although both my political and philosophical opinions (left social democratic and egregiously eclectic, respectively) differ profoundly from those of Platypus, I find great value in engaging with their viewpoint on the relationship between philosophy and politics.
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