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Leo Strauss and Anglo-American democracy

Havers, Grant N., 1965-

Leo Strauss and Anglo-American democracy a conservative critique / [electronic resource] : Grant N. Havers. - DeKalb, Illinois : Northern Illinois University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm)

"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"--

9781609090944


Strauss, Leo.


PHILOSOPHY / Political.
Political science--History.--Great Britain
Political science--History.--United States
Conservatism--Philosophy.
Political science--Philosophy.


Electronic books.

JC251.S8 / H38 2013

320.52092