The Crisis of Liberal Democracy
A Straussian Perspective
Published on 30. January 1987
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-88706-387-9 (ISBN)
Description
Explores Strauss's teaching on natural right and the tradition of political philosophy and how his perspectives have influenced European and American liberal theory.
The Crisis of Liberal Democracy is the first book devoted exclusively to Leo Strauss, one of the most influential and controversial political thinkers of the twentieth century. This work includes essays which illustrate and evaluate Strauss' teaching on natural right and the tradition of political philosophy and demonstrate how Strauss' perspectives have influenced European and American liberal theory. In keeping with Strauss' commitment to philosophical inquiry, essays critical of his work are included as well.
The Crisis of Liberal Democracy is the first book devoted exclusively to Leo Strauss, one of the most influential and controversial political thinkers of the twentieth century. This work includes essays which illustrate and evaluate Strauss' teaching on natural right and the tradition of political philosophy and demonstrate how Strauss' perspectives have influenced European and American liberal theory. In keeping with Strauss' commitment to philosophical inquiry, essays critical of his work are included as well.
Reviews / Votes
"This book challenges the primacy of the behavioral persuasion in political science, documents the influence of Leo Strauss, and provides ready access to a number of important articles." - Dante Germino, University of VirginiaMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Albany, NY
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
435 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88706-387-9 (9780887063879)
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Persons
At the State University of New York at Geneseo, Kenneth L. Deutsch is Professor of Political Science. He has written three books on political philosophy and constitutional rights. Walter Soffer is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Geneseo.
Content
Foreword
Joseph Cropsey
Preface
Introduction
I. The Work of Leo Strauss- An Appraisal
An Overview
Leo Strauss: Three Quarrels, Three Questions, One Life
Michael Platt On Natural Right
The Problem of Natural Right and the Fundamental Alternatives in Natural Right and History
Victor Gourevitch Evolutionary Biology and Natural Right
Roger D. Masters
A Critique Political Theory and Politics: The Case of LEo Strauss and Liberal Democracy
John. G. Gunnel
II. Issues in Liberalism Strauss on Liberalism
Leo Strauss and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy
Hilail Gildin A Reply to Gildin
Victor Gourevitch
A Response to Gourevitch
Hilail Gildlin
Straussian Applications Aristotle and Machiavelli on Liberality
Richard H. Cox Aristotle and the Moderns on Freedom and Equality
Laurence Berns
The Innocent, the Ignorant, and the Rational: The Content of Lockian Consent
Judith A. Best
Nihilism and Modern Democracy in the Thought of Nietzsche
Thomas L. Pangle
Why Wasn't Weber a Nihilist?
Robert Eden
III. Liberalism and the American Experience Private Interest and Public Choice
The Crisis of Liberal Democracy: Liberality and Democratic Citizenship
Stephen G. Salkeve Liberalism as the Aggregation of Individual Preferences: Problems of Coherence and Rationality in Social Choice
William T. Bluhm
Editors and Contributors
Index
Joseph Cropsey
Preface
Introduction
I. The Work of Leo Strauss- An Appraisal
An Overview
Leo Strauss: Three Quarrels, Three Questions, One Life
Michael Platt On Natural Right
The Problem of Natural Right and the Fundamental Alternatives in Natural Right and History
Victor Gourevitch Evolutionary Biology and Natural Right
Roger D. Masters
A Critique Political Theory and Politics: The Case of LEo Strauss and Liberal Democracy
John. G. Gunnel
II. Issues in Liberalism Strauss on Liberalism
Leo Strauss and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy
Hilail Gildin A Reply to Gildin
Victor Gourevitch
A Response to Gourevitch
Hilail Gildlin
Straussian Applications Aristotle and Machiavelli on Liberality
Richard H. Cox Aristotle and the Moderns on Freedom and Equality
Laurence Berns
The Innocent, the Ignorant, and the Rational: The Content of Lockian Consent
Judith A. Best
Nihilism and Modern Democracy in the Thought of Nietzsche
Thomas L. Pangle
Why Wasn't Weber a Nihilist?
Robert Eden
III. Liberalism and the American Experience Private Interest and Public Choice
The Crisis of Liberal Democracy: Liberality and Democratic Citizenship
Stephen G. Salkeve Liberalism as the Aggregation of Individual Preferences: Problems of Coherence and Rationality in Social Choice
William T. Bluhm
Editors and Contributors
Index