03358nam 2200637Ia 450 991077782890332120230124182558.01-281-72225-197866117222580-300-13032-510.12987/9780300130324(CKB)1000000000472154(EBL)3419872(OCoLC)923587280(SSID)ssj0000191281(PQKBManifestationID)11177803(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191281(PQKBWorkID)10183809(PQKB)11457303(MiAaPQ)EBC3419872(DE-B1597)484794(OCoLC)952732288(DE-B1597)9780300130324(Au-PeEL)EBL3419872(CaPaEBR)ebr10167921(CaONFJC)MIL172225(EXLCZ)99100000000047215420040506d2004 uy 0engurun#---|u||utxtccrLeo Strauss and the politics of American empire[electronic resource] /Anne NortonNew Haven, Conn. ;London Yale University Pressc20041 online resource (252 p.)Includes index.0-300-10436-7 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 --IndexThe 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 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.ConservatismUnited StatesPolitical scienceHistoryPolitical sciencePhilosophyUnited StatesIntellectual life20th centuryConservatismPolitical scienceHistory.Political sciencePhilosophy.320.092Norton Anne626171MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777828903321Leo Strauss and the politics of American empire1218458UNINA