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Norton Anne |
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Leo Strauss and the politics of American empire [[electronic resource] /] / Anne Norton |
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New Haven, Conn. ; ; London, : Yale University Press, c2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-72225-1 |
9786611722258 |
0-300-13032-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (252 p.) |
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Conservatism - United States |
Political science - History |
Political science - Philosophy |
United States Intellectual life 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prelude -- 1. Who Is Leo Strauss? What Is a Straussian? -- 2. The Lion and the Ass -- 3. Decline into the West -- 4. Closing the American Mind -- 5. Getting the Natural Right -- 6. Persecution and the Art of Writing -- 7. Ancients and Moderns -- 8 The Statesman -- 9. On Tyranny -- 10. Conservatism Abandoned -- 11. The Sicilian Expedition -- 12. Athens and Jerusalem -- 13. The School of Baghdad -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The teachings of political theorist Leo Strauss (1899-1973) have recently received new attention, as political observers have become aware of the influence Strauss's students have had in shaping conservative agendas of the Bush administration-including the war on Iraq. This provocative book examines Strauss's ideas and the ways in which they have been appropriated, or misappropriated, by senior policymakers. Anne Norton, a political theorist trained by some of Strauss's most famous students, is well equipped to write on Strauss and Straussians. She tells three interwoven narratives: the story of Leo Strauss, a Jewish German-born émigré, who carried European philosophy into a new world; the story of the philosophic lineage that |
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came from Leo Strauss; and the story of how America has been made a moral battleground by the likes of Paul Wolfowitz, Leon Kass, Carnes Lord, and Irving Kristol-Straussian conservatives committed to an American imperialism they believe will usher in a new world order. |
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