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Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 320.092
EAN: 9780300104363
ISBN: 0300104367
Label: Yale University Press
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: September 10, 2004
Publisher: Yale University Press
Studio: Yale University Press
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Editorial Review:
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 provocative 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 émigré, 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.
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Rating:  - GUTSY, PERSONAL, AND SUPERB
This is a book that had to be written. Thank you, Anne Norton, for your courage. Most politically-active Americans are well aware of the oft-cited "think tank" known as the Neocons and their complicity in the current affairs of America's disastrous foreign policy (i.e. they propagandized for and prosecuted the Iraq War). Because Ms. Norton attended the epicenter of Straussian ideology, the University of Chicago, and since war is necessarily about racism, mass-murder and plunder, this conscience-ridden ... Read More
Rating:  - Excellent Introduction to Neo Conservatism
Though the neocon movement seems more and more like a thing of history, this is a nice quick and easy read (that is also wonderfully catty) about Straussian's in the academy. To give you a sense of where Norton is coming from, this includes an excellent line about how she doesn't want to hear about the glories of war from slope shouldered men with soft hands sitting in the academic lounge at the University of Chicago.
Norton has far more time for Strauss himself than she does for his followers. ... Read More
Rating: - Wonderful and thrilling book, not for everyone
For me this book is wonderful and thriling, without question. I only wish it could educate the mass public.
Although very well written, the material will appeal mostly to a well educated reader and/or an intelligent person willing to grapple with a bit of political philosophy.
So the book is intelligent; anything else? It is a lot of fun, at least for someone like myself - long-ago a political science professor, who took one course (Cornell) with a Straussian disciple. Ms. Norton ... Read More
Rating: - Outing the neocons
Anne Norton's quirky, edgy account of the followers of Leo Strauss who became today's influential neoconservatives is both comprehensive and disturbing. Not only are they inclined to war and antagonistic towards women and other minorities (not to mention racist) they have also demeaned and bebased the classical conservative legacy of Burke. Be very afraid!
Rating: - A Classic
This is a wonderful book, written with eloquence and honesty. Although the book says more about Straussians than it does about Strauss, it does make clear how much the current breed of neoconservatives have grossly distorted his philosophy. I was particularly pleased by the discussion of Allan Bloom. So many of my progressive friends found his book "The Closing of the American Mind" praiseworthy that I wondered if I had missed something of value in his book.
Professor Norton is to be praised for this ... Read More
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