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Bovenstaande komt uit een artikel uit de Asian Times. Het gaat over de invloed van Leo Strauss op de Bush-administratie.

Leo Strauss:

"1899-1973, American philosopher, b. Hesse, Germany. Strauss fled the Nazis and came to the United States, where he taught at the Univ. of Chicago (1949-68). Strauss is known for his controversial interpretations of political philosophers, including Xenephon and Plato. Strauss wrote an influential critique of modern political philosophy, i.e., philosophy since Machiavelli, arguing that it suffers from an inability to make value judgments about political regimes, even about obviously odious ones."

http://www.straussian.org/biography.html

Enkele citaten uit het artikel uit de Asian Times.

"Like Plato, Strauss taught that within societies, "some are fit to lead, and others to be led"

"Like Hobbes, he thought the fundamental aggressiveness of human nature could be restrained only through a powerful state based on nationalism."

"Kristol's father Irving, the godfather of neoconservatism who sits on the board of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where a number of prominent hawks, including former defense Policy Board chairman Richard Perle, are based, has also credited Strauss with being one of the main influences on his thinking."

"Seymour Hersh, who noted that Abram Shulsky, a close Perle associate who has run a special intelligence unit in Rumsfeld's office, is also a Straussian.

His unit, according to Hersh, re-interpreted evidence of Iraq's alleged links to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terrorist network and possession of weapons of mass destruction to support those in the administration determined to go to war with Baghdad"

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EE09Ak01.html

Een website waarop je o.a. meer info kan vinden over Strauss en waar er gereageerd wordt op artikel die over Strauss-invloed in de media verschijnen.
http://www2.bc.edu/~wilsonop/news.html

Enkele recent verschenen artikels over de invloed van Strauss op de Bush-administratie.

A Classicist's Legacy: New Empire Builders
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/04/weekinreview/04ATLA.html

Selective intelligence
by Seymour M. Hersh
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?030512fa_fact

Leo Strauss and the Conservatives
By Steven Lenzner
http://www.policyreview.org/apr03/lenzner.html

Leo Strauss's American Gang
http://www.claremont.org/writings/000622masugi.html

Leo Strauss, the Bible, and Political Philosophy
http://www.claremont.org/writings/980213jaffa.html

Leo Strauss, Conservative Mastermind
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=1233

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