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" Straussophobia : "
Peter Minowitz.
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1029941
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b784311
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Minowitz, Peter,1955-
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Straussophobia : : defending Leo Strauss and Straussians against Shadia Drury and other accusers /\ Peter Minowitz.
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Lanham, Md. :: Lexington Books,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (xvii, 327 pages)
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0739140191
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: 1282494953
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: 9781282494954
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: 9786612494956
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0739119516
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0739119524
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9780739119518
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9780739119525
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Abbreviations; Note to the Reader; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Persecution and the Art of Writhing; Chapter 01. All Hate Leo Strauss; Chapter 02. "Careless Scholarship and a Tendency to Quote out of Context": Early Drury on Strauss, Locke, and Xenophon; Chapter 03. The American Right, Pious Frauds, and Secret Kingship; Chapter 04. "A Great Enemy of Democracy"?Strauss on Plato's Republic, Germany, and Empire; Chapter 05. "Mired in Perpetual War": Confrontations with Cyber-Age Vilification.
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Leo Strauss and his students have long been accused of mendacity, elitism, and militarism, but the Iraq War has prompted unprecedented levels of caustic and inaccurate denunciations. Inappropriate criticisms have issued from artists (Tim Robbins), politicians (Ron Paul), journalists (Joe Klein), and even highly lauded scholars such as Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Gordon Wood, Douglas Massey, Stephen Holmes, Anne Norton, Shadia Drury, Sheldon Wolin, John Pocock, John Yolton, Nicholas Xenos, and Brian Leiter. In Straussophobia, Peter Minowitz provides a methodical and detailed critique of the major o.
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Strauss, Leo-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Strauss, Leo-- Political and social views.
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Strauss, Leo.
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Strauss, Leo.
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Political science-- Philosophy.
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Political and social views.
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Political science-- Philosophy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Ideologies-- Fascism Totalitarianism.
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Politische Philosophie
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320.53092
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JC251.S8M56 2009eb
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