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According to Leo Strauss, modern political science has been in serious difficulty to understand and explain the phenomenon of tyranny. To overcome thistrouble, Strauss recommends returning to the classical political philosophy. Accordingly, this return enables us to realize that far from being a phenomenon of previous ages, tyranny is a human condition that is still with us. Looking at Strauss’s views on modernity from this perspective also makes visible the subterranean links between modernity and tyranny. This study has three sections. In the first one, it will focus on the link between modernity and tyranny with the help of Strauss’s critique of modernity. In the second, it will dealt with the practical side of this link, paying special attention to the concepts of exception and emergency. In the last one, we will deal with the issue of consent of subject within the context of “end of history” and techno-scientific authority.

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