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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827744003321

Autore

Havers Grant N. <1965->

Titolo

Leo Strauss and Anglo-American democracy : a conservative critique / / Grant N. Havers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

DeKalb, Illinois : , : Northern Illinois University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-5017-5722-9

1-60909-094-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Classificazione

PHI019000

Disciplina

320.52092

Soggetti

Political science - Philosophy

Conservatism - Philosophy

Political science - United States - History

Political science - Great Britain - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""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 theUniqueness of the West""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

"Interprets Leo Strauss's political philosphy 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 constitutional governmnent accord with the teachings of Plato and Aristotle, rather than the Gospels"--