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| ERIC #: | EJ811197 |
| Title: | Leo Strauss and the Neoconservative Critique of the Liberal University: Postmodernism, Relativism and the Culture Wars |
| Authors: | Peters, Michael A. |
| Descriptors: | Cultural Pluralism; Postmodernism; Humanities; Politics of Education; Political Affiliation; United States History; Higher Education; Political Attitudes; Colleges; Cultural Influences; Social Influences; Political Issues; Philosophy; World Views |
| Source: | Critical Studies in Education, v49 n1 p11-32 Mar 2008 |
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| Publisher: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Publication Date: | 2008-03-00 |
| Pages: | 22 |
| Pub Types: | Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative |
| Abstract: | This paper examines the neoconservative critique of the university and particularly the attack on multiculturalism and postmodernism that initiated the culture wars. It seeks to explain these developments by an analysis of the thought of Leo Strauss. The paper begins by providing an introduction to US neoconservatism and latest challenges to it from within signaling its end before reviewing the roles of Allan Bloom and Lynne Cheney in the neoconservative rewriting of history and the humanities which finds its source in Strauss' critique of radical historicism. (Contains 35 notes.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Reference Count: | 87 |
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| Identifiers: | United States |
| Record Type: | Journal |
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| ISSN: | ISSN-1750-8487 |
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| Languages: | English |
| Education Level: | Higher Education |
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