Shadia Drury

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Shadia B. Drury FRSC (born 1950) is a Canadian academic and political commentator. She is a professor emerita at the University of Regina. In 2005, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Early life and education[]

Drury was born in Egypt but earned her Bachelor of Arts at Queen's University and her PhD from York University.[1]

Career[]

Drury has taught Political Science and Philosophy at two western Canadian universities: first at the University of Calgary and at the University of Regina, where she holds the Canada Research Chair in Social Justice.

In 2005, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[2] Two years later, she published "Aquinas and Modernity: The Lost Promise of Natural Law" through the Cambridge University Press.[3] She is also a columnist for Free Inquiry magazine.[4]

Criticism[]

Several political philosophers consider Drury's attacks on Leo Strauss and his followers to be unfounded. In his 2009 book, Straussophobia: Defending Leo Strauss and Straussians against Shadia Drury and Other Accusers, Peter Minowitz argues that Drury’s work is “plagued by exaggerations, misquotations, contradictions, factual errors, and defective documentation.”[5]

Bibliography[]

  • The Concept of Natural Law, Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 1978. Canadian Theses Division, National Library, Ottawa, Canadiana: 790230615
  • Law and Politics: Readings in Legal and Political Thought. Edited with introduction and essay by Shadia B. Drury; associate editor, Rainer Knopff. Calgary: Detselig, 1980. ISBN 0-920490-12-3
  • The Political Ideas of Leo Strauss, Revised Edition. New York: St. Martin's Press,(originally published in 1988) 2005.
  • Alexandre Kojève: The Roots of Postmodern Politics. Palgrave Macmillan. 1994. ISBN 0-312-12092-3
  • Leo Strauss and the American Right. Palgrave Macmillan. 1999. ISBN 0-312-21783-8
  • Terror and Civilization: Christianity, Politics, and the Western Psyche. Palgrave Macmillan, 2004 ISBN 1-4039-6404-1
  • Aquinas and Modernity: The Lost Promise of Natural Law. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2008. ISBN 0-7425-2258-X

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Researcher inspired by fellow professors". ourspace.uregina.ca. January 2, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "U of R professor elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada". ourspace.uregina.ca. July 8, 2005. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  3. ^ Fuller, Timothy (September 2009). "Aquinas and Modernity: The Lost Promise of Natural Law. By Shadia B. Drury. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008". Perspectives on Politics. 7 (3): 641–643. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  4. ^ "Author: Shadia B. Drury". secularhumanism.org. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  5. ^ Peter Minowitz, Straussophobia: Defending Leo Strauss and Straussians against Shadia Drury and Other Accusers (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2009).

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