How peculiar and out of touch I must be to have not heard of this Destiny character. Strangely, I feel no loss over this gap. 🤷 And as for Strauss, he's not Wagner, but still I like his music. 🙄
But even so O'Brien it was an interesting and illuminating read, please keep it up while I go turn the record of Symphony No 2 over. 😁
The term “Straussian” has always been so confusing to me. I have read some of Strauss and it did not seem to have one coherent and consistent ideal or even method throughout. Seemed strange to define any political ideology or group by it, in any case. To be generous, the implied meaning seems to be “classical liberal”, materialist, meritocratic and perhaps a “truth and justice” telos. But frankly, most people just use it to mean old academic intellectual aesthetic.
If it actually means anything more specific than that then please enlighten me. Otherwise, I don’t see what any of the people mentioned have in common apart from their academic experiences and opposition to the breakdown of old academia.
You are absolutely spot on. It’s Straussianism all the way down. Your noticing is proof that you’re paying attention and thinking critically. Very impressive. Well done.
How peculiar and out of touch I must be to have not heard of this Destiny character. Strangely, I feel no loss over this gap. 🤷 And as for Strauss, he's not Wagner, but still I like his music. 🙄
But even so O'Brien it was an interesting and illuminating read, please keep it up while I go turn the record of Symphony No 2 over. 😁
The term “Straussian” has always been so confusing to me. I have read some of Strauss and it did not seem to have one coherent and consistent ideal or even method throughout. Seemed strange to define any political ideology or group by it, in any case. To be generous, the implied meaning seems to be “classical liberal”, materialist, meritocratic and perhaps a “truth and justice” telos. But frankly, most people just use it to mean old academic intellectual aesthetic.
If it actually means anything more specific than that then please enlighten me. Otherwise, I don’t see what any of the people mentioned have in common apart from their academic experiences and opposition to the breakdown of old academia.
You are absolutely spot on. It’s Straussianism all the way down. Your noticing is proof that you’re paying attention and thinking critically. Very impressive. Well done.
What difference, if any, is there between Straussianism and Neoconservatism?