Shaping Modern Liberalism: Herbert Croly and Progressive Thought

by Edward A. Stettner

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700631712
• ISBN13: 9780700631711
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"