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Leo Strauss has been simultaneously condemned by the Left as an extreme opponent of liberal democracy and celebrated by the Right as a defender of Western civilization. Rejecting both of these portrayals, this title shifts the debate beyond the conventional parameters of our age.

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Grant Havers' conservative-oriented critique of Leo Strauss' work is brave, counter-intuitive, and ultimately persuasive.

* C2C Journal *

In any revelatory study, there is always the moment when the reader thinks 'That's true. I should have seen that.' For me, that moment came with Havers's account—learned, subtle, and occasionally surprising—of Strauss's liberalism.

* The American Conservative *

One of the most thorough critiques to date of the political uses and abuses of Strauss's thought.

* Perspectives on Politics *

Leo Strauss and AngloAmerican Democracy

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      Publisher: Cornell University Press
      Publication Date: 15/10/2013
      ISBN13: 9780875804781, 978-0875804781
      ISBN10: 0875804780
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Leo Strauss has been simultaneously condemned by the Left as an extreme opponent of liberal democracy and celebrated by the Right as a defender of Western civilization. Rejecting both of these portrayals, this title shifts the debate beyond the conventional parameters of our age.

      Trade Review

      Grant Havers' conservative-oriented critique of Leo Strauss' work is brave, counter-intuitive, and ultimately persuasive.

      * C2C Journal *

      In any revelatory study, there is always the moment when the reader thinks 'That's true. I should have seen that.' For me, that moment came with Havers's account—learned, subtle, and occasionally surprising—of Strauss's liberalism.

      * The American Conservative *

      One of the most thorough critiques to date of the political uses and abuses of Strauss's thought.

      * Perspectives on Politics *

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