LEADER 03358nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910777828903321 005 20230124182558.0 010 $a1-281-72225-1 010 $a9786611722258 010 $a0-300-13032-5 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300130324 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472154 035 $a(EBL)3419872 035 $a(OCoLC)923587280 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000191281 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11177803 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191281 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10183809 035 $a(PQKB)11457303 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3419872 035 $a(DE-B1597)484794 035 $a(OCoLC)952732288 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300130324 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3419872 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10167921 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL172225 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472154 100 $a20040506d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLeo Strauss and the politics of American empire$b[electronic resource] /$fAnne Norton 210 $aNew Haven, Conn. ;$aLondon $cYale University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (252 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-300-10436-7 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tPrelude --$t1. Who Is Leo Strauss? What Is a Straussian? --$t2. The Lion and the Ass --$t3. Decline into the West --$t4. Closing the American Mind --$t5. Getting the Natural Right --$t6. Persecution and the Art of Writing --$t7. Ancients and Moderns --$t8 The Statesman --$t9. On Tyranny --$t10. Conservatism Abandoned --$t11. The Sicilian Expedition --$t12. Athens and Jerusalem --$t13. The School of Baghdad --$tIndex 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aConservatism$zUnited States 606 $aPolitical science$xHistory 606 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy 607 $aUnited States$xIntellectual life$y20th century 615 0$aConservatism 615 0$aPolitical science$xHistory. 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy. 676 $a320.092 700 $aNorton$b Anne$0626171 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777828903321 996 $aLeo Strauss and the politics of American empire$91218458 997 $aUNINA