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

• Autore: Havers Grant N. <1965->
• 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 genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Soggetto non controllato: Christian politics, Straussianism, Greek tradition of statecraft, Christian morality, constitutional government
• 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.: 9910463262103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II