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Leo Strauss and the Invasion of Iraq : encountering the abyss /
"The political philosophy of Leo Strauss has been the subject of significant scholarly and media attention in recent years, particularly in the context of the decision to invade Iraq in 2003. During the period since then, questions have been raised regarding the influence of the works of Leo St...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge,
2013.
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| Colección: | Interventions (Routledge (Firm))
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Leo Strauss and International Relations; Confronting the abyss; Tracing the abyss(es): Nietzsche and Heidegger; Strauss's response to the abyss; Derrida's response to the abyss; 1 The political philosophy of Leo Strauss; The crisis of the West: exposing the abyss in society, social science and philosophy; Countering the abyss: the invocation of ancient philosophy; The generation and preservation of salutary social opinions.
- Three dimensions of the generation of meaning: the friend/enemy dichotomy, the tyrannous regime, and justice2 The Straussians; The signifier "Straussian"; The politics of Straussianism; Following Strauss to the ancients; The generation and preservation of salutary social opinions: the friend/enemy dichotomy, the tyrannous regime, and justice; 3 The Straussian interventions and the invasion of Iraq; The Straussians' preoccupation with Iraq; Intervening in intelligence production; Intervening in think tanks; Intervening in the media; 4 Challenging the Straussian interventions.
- Challenging the creation of salutary opinionsThe productive effects of the abyss; Deconstruction and/as resistance; 5 Deconstructing the Straussian project; Deconstructing the friend/enemy dichotomy; Deconstructing the "tyrannous regime"; Deconstructing justice as the reason of the strongest; Straussianism as securitisation against the abyss; 6 Challenging ontological foreclosure in Derridean thought; The closure of a Levinasian supplement; Deconstructing the "worst"; Teleology and the regulative idea; Time and the political; Openness; Conclusion; References; Index.