The Crisis of Liberal Democracy: A Straussian PerspectiveKenneth L. Deutsch, Walter Soffer State University of New York Press, 1987 M01 15 - 320 pages 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. |
Contents
Three Quarrels Three Questions One Life | 17 |
The Problem of Natural Right and the Fundamental | 30 |
Evolutionary Biology and Natural Right | 48 |
The Case of | 68 |
Leo Strauss and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy | 91 |
A Reply to Gildin | 104 |
A Response to Gourevitch | 114 |
Aristotle and Machiavelli on Liberality | 125 |
Aristotle and the Moderns on Freedom and Equality | 148 |
Nihilism and Modern Democracy in the Thought of Nietzsche | 180 |
Liberality | 245 |
EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS | 297 |
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