Leo Strauss, The Straussians, and the Study of the American Regime by Kenneth L. Deutsch -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Preface Part One - On Leo Strauss’s American Career

1 - Leo Stmuss at the University of Chicago

I II III IV V VI VII APPENDIX A APPENDIX B APPENDIX C NOTES

2 - Leo Strauss at St. John’s College (Annapolis)

I II NOTES

3 - Leo Strauss at the University of Chicago 4 - Strauss at One Hundred

I II III

Part Two - Taking Leo Strauss Seriously

5 - Leo Strauss, the Straussians, and the American Regime

THE PROBLEM OF NATURAL RIGHT AND CONSENT THE FRAMERS’ CONSTITUTIONAL FORM AND THE INTERPRETATION OF TEXTS THE ROLE OF STATESMEN THE ROLE OF LIBERAL EDUCATION THE FECKLESSNESS OF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSION RELIGION AND THE CITY THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE AMERICAN CITY NOTES

6 - Strauss on Our Minds

NOTES

7 - Leo Strauss: Philosophy and American Social Science

THE CRITIQUE OF POSITIVISM WHAT NEW DIRECTION FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE? SOCIAL CRITIQUE AND THE PHILOSOPHIC LIFE NOTES

8 - Athens and Washington: Leo Strauss and the American Regime

I II III IV V VI VII NOTES

9 - Strauss’s Generalized Agnosticism and American Liberalism

I II III NOTES

10 - Locating Leo Strauss in the Liberal-Communitarian Debate

A NOTE ON NATURAL RIGHT THE COMPLICITY OF SCIENCE ORDINARY MEN AND WOMEN CANONICAL ANTECEDENTS STRAUSS AND NIETZSCHE STRAUSS AND AMERICA PLACING STRAUSS IN THE CONTEMPORARY DEBATE NOTES

Part Three - The First Generation

11 - In re George Anastaplo

I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X NOTES

12 - Water Berns: The Constitution and American Liberal Democracy

WHAT DOES BERNS’ STUDY OF THE CONSTITUTION HAVE TO DO WITH LEO STRAUSS? BERNS’ LIBERAL CONSTITUTION CONCLUSION NOTES

13 - Allan Bloom: Strauss, Socrates, and Liberal Education

THE STRAUSS-BLOOM CONNECTION THE FOCUS ON EDUCATION LIBERAL EDUCATION: NATURE, MEANS, AND CONDITIONS NOTES

14 - Joseph Cropsey: Modernity and the American Regime

NOTES

15 - Refinding the Founding: Martin Diamond, Leo Strauss, and the American Regime

DIAMOND AND STRAUSS: AGAINST THE STRAUSSIANS DIAMOND AND STRAUSS: AGAINST THE PROGRESSIVES DIAMOND AND STRAUSS:THE NEW SCIENCE OF POLITICS DIAMOND AND STRAUSS: ON THE WORTH OF THE AMERICAN REGIME NOTES

16 - Paul Eidelberg: The Mixed Regime and the American Regime

NOTES

17 - A New Birth of Freedom: Harry V. Jaffa and the Study of America

NOTES

18 - Back to the Future: Ralph Lerner’s Political Thought

NOTES SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

19 - Roger Masters: Natural Right and Biology

NATURAL TELEOLOGY NATURAL MORALITY NATURAL FREEDOM NATURAL NURTURE CONCLUSION NOTES

20 - Herbert Storing: The American Founding and the American Regime

I. HERBERT J. STORING: TEACHER OF TEACHERS II.THE AMERICAN FOUNDING III.THE CIVIL WAR AND THE REFOUNDING, OR RACE AND THE REGIME IV.THE PRESIDENCY AND THE BUREAUCRACY V. CONCLUSION NOTES

Part Four - American Political Institutions

21 - Congress and Straussian Constitutionalism

I. THE FEDERALIST PAPERS AND SEPARATION OF POWERS II. REPRESENTATION III. DELIBERATION IV A MORE RESPONSIBLE CONGRESS NOTES

22 - Executive Power and the Presidency

NOTES

23 - The Supreme Court: Republican Schoolmaster

NOTES

24 - Bureaucracy and America: Leo Strauss on Constitutionalism, the State, and Tyranny

THE BUREAUCRATIC PHENOMENON BUREAUCRACY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE SCIENTIFIC ADMINISTRATION: ECLIPSING PRUDENCE CONSTITUTIONAL ADMINISTRATION MODERN TYRANNY CONCLUSION NOTES

Part Five - Reflections from Practice

25 - Leo Strauss and the World of Intelligence (By Which We Do Not Mean Nous)

NOTES

26 - Thoughts on Strauss and Our Present Discontents 27 - The Charm of Competence: A Straussian Looks at the Therapeutic State

NOTES

28 - A Student of Leo Strauss in the Clinton Administration

CORNELL DAYS THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WANDERING IN THE POLITICAL WILDERNESS THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION CONCLUSION

29 - Government Practice and the School of Strauss

CONSERVATISM CHARACTER AND ANTI-COMMUNISM CONSTITUTIONALISM NOTES

Notes on Contributors

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