Important review packed with fresh insights. The new Blair-ite way reminds me of the ghastly vision of executive power that Eric Posner and Mr. Vermuele tried to promote in the Executive Unbound book, a key book of the Obama era.
One nit-pick, or, a notice of a likely confusion-generator: you're using "Caesarism" in a way that bridges what Blair wants, what De Gaulle felt he was doing FDR, etc. You surely know that that is NOT the Caesarism that people like Anton introduced into discourse, from the Caesarism described by Leo Strauss. One can fairly imply that being interested in the latter is a likely predictor of openness to the former, but I can predict much confusion coming from this usage. Maybe Blair and that French thinker force you into it, but still.
Important review packed with fresh insights. The new Blair-ite way reminds me of the ghastly vision of executive power that Eric Posner and Mr. Vermuele tried to promote in the Executive Unbound book, a key book of the Obama era.
One nit-pick, or, a notice of a likely confusion-generator: you're using "Caesarism" in a way that bridges what Blair wants, what De Gaulle felt he was doing FDR, etc. You surely know that that is NOT the Caesarism that people like Anton introduced into discourse, from the Caesarism described by Leo Strauss. One can fairly imply that being interested in the latter is a likely predictor of openness to the former, but I can predict much confusion coming from this usage. Maybe Blair and that French thinker force you into it, but still.