UID:
edocfu_9959230089502883
Format:
1 online resource (252 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-72225-1
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9786611722258
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0-300-13032-5
Content:
The 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.
Note:
Includes index.
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Front matter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Acknowledgments --
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Prelude --
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1. Who Is Leo Strauss? What Is a Straussian? --
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2. The Lion and the Ass --
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3. Decline into the West --
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4. Closing the American Mind --
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5. Getting the Natural Right --
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6. Persecution and the Art of Writing --
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7. Ancients and Moderns --
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8 The Statesman --
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9. On Tyranny --
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10. Conservatism Abandoned --
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11. The Sicilian Expedition --
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12. Athens and Jerusalem --
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13. The School of Baghdad --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-300-10436-7
Language:
English
DOI:
10.12987/9780300130324
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