Shaping Modern Liberalism: Herbert Croly and Progressive Thought
Description
American ideals liberty, equality, democracy, national unity are bandied about by liberal politicians as a package deal, inseparably intertwined. But the words often flow together better as rhetoric than they mold together in theory. But, as Herbert Croly and his turn-of-the-century contemporaries found, jelling these appealing yet often conflicting concepts into a liberal philosophy was not nearly as easy as embracing them in a campaign speech. In this first full-length study of Herbert Croly's political theory, Edward Stettner analyzes Croly's writings and examines the events, e...
ISBN(s)
0700605800, 9780700605804
