The Neoconservatives: Liberal
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چکیده
BEYOND A N Y DOUBT Peter Steinfels’ investigation of neoconservatism raises more questions than it answers.* Equally beyond dispute, the unanswered questions are the more important and significant for an understanding of the intellectual climate and landscape of a very troubled republic. To see why this is so, as well as to do justice to Steinfels’ efforts (which are not inconsiderable by any means), let us first look at the major themes and contentions which he advances. In this undertaking I will have necessarily to touch upon his mode of argumentation and the manner in which he marshals and organizes his evidence.
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