02914nam 2200673 450 991046326210332120200520144314.01-5017-5722-91-60909-094-210.1515/9781501757228(CKB)2670000000560632(EBL)3382555(SSID)ssj0001036507(PQKBManifestationID)11556924(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001036507(PQKBWorkID)11041931(PQKB)10644372(MiAaPQ)EBC3382555(OCoLC)865511964(MdBmJHUP)muse29626(Au-PeEL)EBL3382555(CaPaEBR)ebr10950039(OCoLC)923310743(DE-B1597)572400(DE-B1597)9781501757228(EXLCZ)99267000000056063220130613h20132013 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLeo Strauss and Anglo-American democracy a conservative critique /Grant N. HaversDeKalb, Illinois :Northern Illinois University Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87580-478-0 ""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"""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"--Provided by publisher.Political sciencePhilosophyConservatismPhilosophyPolitical scienceUnited StatesHistoryPolitical scienceGreat BritainHistoryElectronic books.Christian politics, Straussianism, Greek tradition of statecraft, Christian morality, constitutional government.Political sciencePhilosophy.ConservatismPhilosophy.Political scienceHistory.Political scienceHistory.320.52092Havers Grant N.1965-920286MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463262103321Leo Strauss and Anglo-American democracy2461650UNINA