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Leo Strauss and the conservative movement in America : a critical appraisal /
This book offers an original interpretation of the achievement of Leo Strauss, stressing how his ideas and followers reshaped the American conservative movement. The conservative movement that reached out to Strauss and his legacy was extremely fluid and lacked a self-confident leadership. Conservat...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book offers an original interpretation of the achievement of Leo Strauss, stressing how his ideas and followers reshaped the American conservative movement. The conservative movement that reached out to Strauss and his legacy was extremely fluid and lacked a self-confident leadership. Conservative activists and journalists felt a desperate need for academic acceptability, which they thought Strauss and his disciples would furnish. They also became deeply concerned with the problem of 'value relativism', which self-described conservatives thought Strauss had effectively addressed. But until recently, neither Strauss nor his disciples have considered themselves to be 'conservatives'. Contrary to another misconception, Straussians have never wished to convert Americans to ancient political ideals and practices, except in a very selective rhetorical fashion. Strauss and his disciples have been avid champions of American modernity, and 'timeless' values as interpreted by Strauss and his followers often look starkly contemporary. |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 182 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139224864 1139224867 1107230632 9781107230637 1139210149 9781139210140 1280485418 9781280485411 9786613580399 6613580392 1139223143 9781139223140 1139218344 9781139218344 1139215256 9781139215251 1139221434 9781139221436 1139083597 9781139083591 |