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Ancient Greece and American conservatism : classical influence on the modern right / John Bloxham.
Van Pelt Library JC573.2.U6 B56 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bloxham, John (Classicist), author.
- Series:
- Library of classical studies ; v. 20.
- Library of classical studies ; 20
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conservatism--United States.
- Conservatism.
- United States.
- Philosophy, Ancient.
- Greek literature.
- United States--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Greece--Civilization.
- Greece.
- Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- x, 284 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : I.B. Tauris, 2018.
- Contents:
- 1 Plato's Ideas had Consequences: Greek Thought and the 'New Conservatives' p. 9
- The Political Context p. 10
- Weaver and the Conservative Revival p. 12
- Other Conservative Appropriations of Greek Thought p. 28
- Willmoore Kendall's McCarthyite Socrates p. 33
- The Consequences of these Ideas p. 47
- 2 Leo Strauss and the Ancients against the Moderns p. 54
- Leo Strauss p. 56
- Eric Voegelin p. 69
- Strauss on Natural Right p. 73
- Case Study: Strauss's Xenophon's Socratic Discourse: An Interpretation of the Oeconommicus p. 83
- Back to Conservatism p. 93
- 3 Rise of the Neoconservatives p. 99
- Neoconservatism p. 99
- Irving Kristol p. 103
- Neoconservative Thinkers and the Avoidance of Antiquity p. 108
- Neoconservative Thinkers and the Recourse to Antiquity p. 111
- Straussians First, Neoconservatives Second p. 121
- 4 The Classicizing of the American Mind p. 131
- Crisis on the Campus? p. 134
- Conservative Critiques p. 136
- Neocons and Paleo-cons p. 141
- William Bennett p. 144
- Allan Bloom p. 150
- 5 War and Greece p. 174
- The Cold War p. 175
- Conservative Perspectives p. 177
- George W. Bush and Iraq p. 181
- Seeing the World through Greece p. 185
- A Neoconservative Thucydides? p. 193
- Straussians and 'Regime' p. 203
- Greek Ideas in Perspective p. 224.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-279) and index.
- Other Format:
- Electronic version: 978178672394
- ISBN:
- 178831154X
- 9781788311540
- OCLC:
- 994369732
- Publisher Number:
- 99977633345
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