Crisis of Liberal Democracy

At the State University of New York at Geneseo, Kenneth L. Deutsch is Professor of Political Science. He has written three books on political philosophy and constitutional rights. Walter Soffer is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Geneseo.

"This book challenges the primacy of the behavioral persuasion in political science, documents the influence of Leo Strauss, and provides ready access to a number of important articles." — Dante Germino, University of Virginia

• ForewordJoseph CropseyPrefaceIntroductionI. The Work of Leo Strauss— An AppraisalAn Overview Leo Strauss: Three Quarrels, Three Questions, One LifeMichael Platt On Natural RightThe Problem of Natural Right and the Fundamental Alternatives in Natural Right and HistoryVictor Gourevitch Evolutionary Biology and Natural RightRoger D. MastersA Critique Political Theory and Politics: The Case of LEo Strauss and Liberal DemocracyJohn. G. GunnelII. Issues in Liberalism Strauss on Liberalism Leo Strauss and the Crisis of Liberal DemocracyHilail Gildin A Reply to GildinVictor GourevitchA Response to GourevitchHilail GildlinStraussian Applications Aristotle and Machiavelli on LiberalityRichard H. Cox Aristotle and the Moderns on Freedom and EqualityLaurence BernsThe Innocent, the Ignorant, and the Rational: The Content of Lockian ConsentJudith A. BestNihilism and Modern Democracy in the Thought of NietzscheThomas L. PangleWhy Wasn't Weber a Nihilist?Robert EdenIII. Liberalism and the American Experience Private Interest and Public Choice The Crisis of Liberal Democracy: Liberality and Democratic CitizenshipStephen G. Salkeve Liberalism as the Aggregation of Individual Preferences: Problems of Coherence and Rationality in Social ChoiceWilliam T. BluhmEditors and ContributorsIndex