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Leo Strauss and the Conservative Movement in America (Paperback, New)
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Leo Strauss and the Conservative Movement in America (Paperback, New)
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This book offers an original interpretation of the achievement of
Leo Strauss, stressing how his ideas and followers reshaped the
American conservative movement. The conservative movement that
reached out to Strauss and his legacy was extremely fluid and
lacked a self-confident leadership. Conservative activists and
journalists felt a desperate need for academic acceptability, which
they thought Strauss and his disciples would furnish. They also
became deeply concerned with the problem of 'value relativism',
which self-described conservatives thought Strauss had effectively
addressed. But until recently, neither Strauss nor his disciples
have considered themselves to be 'conservatives'. Contrary to
another misconception, Straussians have never wished to convert
Americans to ancient political ideals and practices, except in a
very selective rhetorical fashion. Strauss and his disciples have
been avid champions of American modernity, and 'timeless' values as
interpreted by Strauss and his followers often look starkly
contemporary.
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