Leo Strauss and Anglo-American democracy : a conservative critique / Grant N. Havers.

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Havers, Grant N, 1965- [author.]

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TextPublisher: DeKalb, Illinois : Northern Illinois University Press, [2013]Copyright date: �2013Description: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781609090944 (e-book)

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Leo Strauss and Anglo-American democracy : a conservative critique.DDC classification:

320.52092 23

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JC251.S8 H38 2013eb

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Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.

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"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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