Ancient Greece and American Conservatism: Classical Influence on the Modern Right (Library of Classical Studies)

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US conservatives have again and again turned to classical Greece for inspiration and rhetorical power. Within the 1950s they used Plato to defend moral absolutism; Within the 1960s it used to be Aristotle as a means to develop a uniquely conservative social science; after which Thucydides helped to justify a more assertive foreign policy Within the 1990s. By tracing this phenomenon and analysing these, and more than a few other, examples of selectivity, subversion and adaptation within their broader social and political contexts, John Bloxham here employs classical thought as a prism wherein to explore competing strands in American conservatism. From the early years of the Cold War to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Bloxham illuminates the depth of conservatives’ engagement with Greece, the singular flexibility of Greek ideas and the varied and diverse ways in which Greek thought has reinforced and invigorated conservatism. This innovative work of reception studies offers a richer working out of the American Right and is very important reading for classicists, up to date US historians and political scientists alike.

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