Refutes certain misconceptions about the current European Left and its relation to Marxist and Marxist-Leninist parties that existed in the recent past. Among the misconceptions that the book treats critically is that the Post-Marxist Left springs from a Marxist tradition of thought and represents a rejection of American values and practices.
This book offers a strikingly original interpretation of Leo Strauss, his 'political philosophy', and the connection of both to the American conservative movement. There is nothing essentially 'conservative' about what Strauss or his leading disciples have taught about politics or morals, instead they have been avid champions of American modernity.
Analyzes the slaying of nineteenth-century liberalism by the managerial state. This volume shows why it matters that the managerial state has replaced traditional liberalism: the new regimes of social engineers, he maintains, are elitists, and their rule is consensual only in the sense that it is unopposed by any widespread organized opposition. schovat popis