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



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Autore: Havers Grant N. <1965-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Leo Strauss and Anglo-American democracy : a conservative critique / / Grant N. Havers Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-5017-5722-9
1-60909-094-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910787841903321
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