German-American political philosopher of classical political tradition 

Gave ‘‘Straussian’ Approach’ to interpret classical texts by esoteric method  

Deeply influenced by Martin Heidegger, great German thinker  

‘post-Behavioralist revolutions’- revival of normative political theory  

Rejected ‘fact–value distinction’; politics cannot be separated from norms/values; politics include value judgment  

Wrote path-breaking books on Spinoza and Hobbes  Critic of modern form of liberalism and its individualism  

Advocated return to classical political philosophy- Plato, Aristotle  