Leo Strauss and Anglo-American Democracy : A Conservative Critique /

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"Interprets Leo Strauss's political philosophy from a conservative standpoint and argues that Strauss was a Cold War liberal. Suggests inattention to Christianity is crucial to the Straussian portrayal of Anglo-American democracy as a universal regime whose eternal ideals of liberty and co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Havers, Grant N., 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: DeKalb, Illinois : Northern Illinois University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Strauss, Leo.
Political science > Philosophy.
Political science.
Conservatism > Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Conservatisme > Philosophie.
Political science > Great Britain > History.
Political science > United States > History.
United States.
Great Britain.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1
  • Saving Anglo-Americansfrom Themselves
  • 2
  • Athens in Anglo-America
  • 3
  • Leo Strauss, from Left to Right
  • 4
  • Churchill, the Anglo-American Greek?
  • 5
  • The Anglo-AmericanStruggle with Strauss
  • 6
  • Leo Strauss and the Uniqueness of the West
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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