Responding to volatile criticisms frequently leveled at Leo Strauss and those he influenced, the prominent contributors to this volume demonstrate the profound influence that Strauss and his students have exerted on American liberal democracy and contemporary political thought. By stressing the enduring vitality of classic books and by articulating the theoretical and practical flaws of relativism and historicism, the contributors argue that Strauss and the Straussians have identified fundamental crises of modernity and liberal democracy.
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This book certainly will not disappoint anyone looking for a serious philosophic discussion of the American Founding. -- Erik Root Clarion The significance of Leo Strauss for the theory and practice of American politics is limned in this thought-provoking volume. -- Ken Masugi, Glaremont Institute Perspectives on Political Science
Preface xi PART ONE: ON LEO STRAUSSS AMERICAN CAREER Leo Strauss at the University of Chicago 3(28) George Anastaplo Leo Strauss at St. Johns College (Annapolis) 31(8) Laurence Berns Eva Brann Leo Strauss at the University of Chicago 39(2) Joseph Cropsey Strauss at One Hundred 41(10) Harry V. Jaffa PART TWO: TAKING LEO STRAUSS SERIOUSLY Leo Strauss, the Straussians, and the American Regime 51(18) Kenneth L. Deutsch Strauss on Our Minds 69(22) Hadley Arkes Leo Strauss: Philosophy and American Social Science 91(12) Eugene F. Miller Athens and Washington: Leo Strauss and the American Regime 103(26) Gregory Bruce Smith Strausss Generalized Agnosticism and American Liberalism 129(14) Aryeh Botwinick Locating Leo Strauss in the Liberal-Communitarian Debate 143(16) Ronald J. Terchek PART THREE: THE FIRST GENERATION In re George Anastaplo 159(34) John A. Murley Walter Berns: The Constitution and American Liberal Democracy 193(12) Gary D. Glenn Allan Bloom: Strauss, Socrates, and Liberal Education 205(16) Walter Nicgorski Joseph Cropsey: Modernity and the American Regime 221(14) Christopher A. Colmo Refinding the Founding: Martin Diamond, Leo Strauss, and the American Regime 235(18) Michael P. Zuckert Paul Eidelberg: The Mixed Regime and the American Regime 253(12) Will Morrisey A New Birth of Freedom: Harry V. Jaffa and the Study of America 265(18) Charles R. Kesler Back to the Future: Ralph Lerners Political Thought 283(10) Miriam Galston Roger Masters: Natural Right and Biology 293(12) Larry Arnhart Herbert Storing: The American Founding and the American Regime 305(26) Murray Dry PART FOUR: AMERICAN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS Congress and Straussian Constitutionalism 331(20) John A. Murley Executive Power and the Presidency 351(12) Robert Eden The Supreme Court: Republican Schoolmaster 363(20) Ralph A. Rossum Bureaucracy and America: Leo Strauss on Constitutionalism, the State, and Tyranny 383(24) John A. Marini PART FIVE: REFLECTIONS FROM PRACTICE Leo Strauss and the World of Intelligence (By Which We Do Not Mean Nous) 407(6) Gary J. Schmitt Abram N. Shulsky Thoughts on Strauss and Our Present Discontents 413(6) Carnes Lord The Charm of Competence: A Straussian Looks at the Therapeutic State 419(10) Susan Orr A Student of Leo Strauss in the Clinton Administration 429(10) William A. Galston Government Practice and the School of Strauss 439(8) Mark Blitz About the Contributors 447
Kenneth L. Deutsch is professor of political science at State University of New York at Geneseo. John A. Murley is professor of political science at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
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