Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire

Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire
by Anne Norton

Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire
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Author: Anne Norton
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-10-11
ISBN: 0300109733
Number of pages: 235
Publisher: Yale University Press

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Book Review: GUTSY, PERSONAL, AND SUPERB
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a book that had to be written. Thank you, Anne Norton, for your courage. Most politically-active Americans are well aware of the oft-cited "think tank" known as the Neocons and their complicity in the current affairs of America's disastrous foreign policy (i.e. they propagandized for and prosecuted the Iraq War). Because Ms. Norton attended the epicenter of Straussian ideology, the University of Chicago, and since war is necessarily about racism, mass-murder and plunder, this conscience-ridden writer felt compelled to exercise her innocent Straussian ghost from her psyche and inform the world of what she knows about the neocons, which is quite a lot. The detail leaves no one in doubt. Among the many reasons to read this book is to be able to identify the names of neocon propagandists so when you are watching CSPAN-BookTV on the weekends, you can identify precisely which speakers/authors are part of a systematic program to condition your mind, a la Orwell style, and which ones aren't. I am most grateful to Ms. Norton for pointing out that Leo Strauss taught these Straussians (neocons) how to read a book, in that it must be read very carefully in order to read between the lines, only then gaining a full understanding of what the author is really saying. And then, my shocked eyes transfix on the page where Ms. Norton says the Straussians read the same book over and over, and names Machiavelli and Tocqueville as targets, a combination perhaps not fully understood unless you've read Don't Weep for Me, America: How Democracy in America Became the Prince (While We Slept).

Summary of Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire

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.

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