TY - BOOK ID - 77868395 TI - Leo Strauss and the politics of American empire PY - 2004 SN - 1281722251 9786611722258 0300130325 9780300130324 9780300104363 0300104367 9781281722256 PB - New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Conservatism KW - Political science KW - Political philosophy KW - State, The KW - History. KW - Philosophy. KW - History of theories KW - Strauss, Leo. KW - United States KW - Intellectual life UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77868395 AB - 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. ER -