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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"--