Book 2013
Leo Strauss And Angloamerican Democracy A Conservative Critique
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Published
- 2013
- Philosophy
- Conservatism
- Political science
- History
- Political science, philosophy
- Political science, united states
- Political science, great britain
- Political science, history
"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"--