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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Aggie Hirst (City University London, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.590kg ISBN: 9780415621625ISBN 10: 0415621623 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 17 June 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsEnthusiastically supported by the British government, the American led invasion of Iraq was as much a strategic disaster as it was an ethical and political disgrace. In Leo Strauss and the Invasion of Iraq Aggie Hirst drills down with unparalleled deconstructive skill into the intersection of thought and practice from which the war derived. There, pursuing its Straussean inflection, Hirst challenges the rules of truth that gave to neo-liberal truths of rule. In a debut text that offers a model for both teaching and researching into how the ways that we think impact upon the ways in which we act, Hirst assumes a leading position among a philosophically sophisticated and politically committed generation of international relations scholars. Michael Dillon, Emeritus Professor of Politics, Lancaster University, UK. Aggie Hirst's insightful book does not simply retrace familiar lines of influence between the political ideas of Leo Strauss and the roles played by some of his followers in the Iraq War. By demonstrating how profoundly these interventions were informed by Strauss' often cryptic and paradoxical philosophical response to Nietzsche's and Heidegger's critique of Western metaphysics, Hirst raises the debate to another level entirely, and in doing so underscores how readily politics can disrupt the most carefully crafted philosophical projects, while revealing how deeply -- perhaps inextricably - the perennial questions of philosophy remain implicated in the pivotal events of our time. Larry George, Professor of Political Science, California State University at Long Beach, USA. Enthusiastically supported by the British government, the American led invasion of Iraq was as much a strategic disaster as it was an ethical and political disgrace. In Leo Strauss and the Invasion of Iraq Aggie Hirst drills down with unparalleled deconstructive skill into the intersection of thought and practice from which the war derived. There, pursuing its Straussean inflection, Hirst challenges the rules of truth that gave to neo-liberal truths of rule. In a debut text that offers a model for both teaching and researching into how the ways that we think impact upon the ways in which we act, Hirst assumes a leading position among a philosophical sophisticated and politically committed generation of international relations scholars. Michael Dillon, Emeritus Professor of Politics, Lancaster University, UK. Author InformationAggie Hirst is a Lecturer at City University London, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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