Straussian theories. Still, despite the integritynof his knowledge and the brilliancenof his mind, he was deemed unfitnfor public recognition and plaudits bynthe reigning cultural establishment.nHow deeply and mercilessly this selectivenostracism pervades modem Americannculture is indicated by the fact thatnthe New Columbia Encyclopedia ofn1975, replete with names of ephemeralnworth, carries . . .