Leo Strauss and Anglo-American democracy : a conservative critique / / Grant N. Havers
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| Autore: |
Havers Grant N. <1965->
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| Titolo: |
Leo Strauss and Anglo-American democracy : a conservative critique / / Grant N. Havers
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| Pubblicazione: | DeKalb, Illinois : , : Northern Illinois University Press, , [2013] |
| ©2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 320.52092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Political science - Philosophy |
| Conservatism - Philosophy | |
| Political science - United States - History | |
| Political science - Great Britain - History | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Christian politics, Straussianism, Greek tradition of statecraft, Christian morality, constitutional government |
| Classificazione: | PHI019000 |
| 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"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Leo Strauss and Anglo-American democracy |
| ISBN: | 1-5017-5722-9 |
| 1-60909-094-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787841903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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