Claes Ryn on the Failure of American Conservatism, The Imagination, and the Errors of Leo Strauss

 In this episode: 

• Claes Ryn joins the podcast to discuss his most recent book, The Failure of American Conservatism and the Road Not Taken
• why the imagination of a culture is central to its political disposition, and why the Left has been successful in dominating the American imagination
• how Strauss, particularly his critique of historicism, has eroded American traditions, and ultimately been unsuccessful against left-wing attacks on American traditions

Texts Mentioned: 

• The Failure of American Conservatism and the Road Not Takenby Claes Ryn
• The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945by George Nash
• Democracy and Leadership by Irving Babbitt
• Rousseau and Romanticismby Irving Babbitt
• Treatise on Law by Thomas Aquinas

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