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Revolt Against Modernity: Leo Strauss, Eric Voegelin, and the Search for a Postliberal Order
McAllister, Ted V., McAllister, Ted V.
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Paperback. This study of the political philosophers, Eric Voegelin and Leo Strauss, provides a comprehensive comparison of their thought and its influence on contemporary American conservatism. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; JPA; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
Eric Voegelin and Leo Strauss are two of the most provocative and durable political philosophers of this century. Ted McAllister's superbly written study provides the first comprehensive comparison of their thought and its profound influence on contemporary American conservatism.
Since the appearance in the 1950s of Strauss's Natural Right and History and Voegelin's Order and History, conservatives like Russell Kirk, Irving Kristol, and Allan Bloom have increasingly turned to these thinkers to support their attacks on liberalism and the modernist mindset.
Like so many conservatives, Strauss and Voegelin rebelled against modernity' amorality—personified by Machiavelli, Hobbes, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, and ... Read more
Eric Voegelin and Leo Strauss are two of the most provocative and durable political philosophers of this century. Ted McAllister's superbly written study provides the first comprehensive comparison of their thought and its profound influence on contemporary American conservatism.
Since the appearance in the 1950s of Strauss's Natural Right and History and Voegelin's Order and History, conservatives like Russell Kirk, Irving Kristol, and Allan Bloom have increasingly turned to these thinkers to support their attacks on liberalism and the modernist mindset.
Like so many conservatives, Strauss and Voegelin rebelled against modernity' amorality—personified by Machiavelli, Hobbes, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
American Political Thought
Number of Pages
324
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700608737
SKU
V9780700608737
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Reviews for Revolt Against Modernity: Leo Strauss, Eric Voegelin, and the Search for a Postliberal Order
“This is a thoughtful book that not only usefully maps out some of the more obscure and neglected territory in twentieth-century intellectual history, but itself constitutes, to some extent, an inquiry into the problems and pathologies of modernity, and of contemporary American conservatism.” —Reviews in American History