Leo Strauss and the politics of American empire
By: Anne Norton.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Strauss, Leo; Conservatism -- United States; Political science -- Philosophy; Political science -- History; United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Description: "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 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 emigre, 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Who is Leo Strauss? what is a Straussian?; title: The lion and the ass; title: Decline into the west; title: Closing the American mind; title: Getting the natural right; title: Persecution and the art of writing; title: Ancients and moderns; title: The statesman; title: On tyranny; title: Conservatism abandoned; title: The Sicilian expedition; title: Athens and Jerusalem; title: The School of Baghdad.