S. Drury

The Political Ideas of Leo Strauss, Updated Edition

With a New Introduction By the Author

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Now in paperback, this book explores the political thought of Leo Strauss, a philosopher most noted for playing a key role in neoconservative thought in America. Drury explores Strauss's thought and its role in American politics, exposing what she argues are the elitist, nearly authoritarian strains within it and those who follow it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4039-6954-5
• 2005
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 414g
• ISBN-13: 9781403969545
• ISBN-10: 140396954X
• Artikelnr.: 22371886

Autorenporträt

SHADIA B. DRURY is Professor of Politics at the University of Calgary, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Preface Straussians in Power Strauss' Jewish Heritage Strauss' German Connection American Applications of Straussian Philosophy Neoconservatism: A Straussian Legacy The Demise of American Liberalism Selected Bibliography Index