Reflections on American Progressivism - 9781138514010

Name: Reflections on American Progressivism - 9781138514010
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Reflections on American ProgressivismAuthor(s): Melvyn L. Fein, Sidney A. Pearson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138514010, 978-1138514010\nSynopsis\nIn American politics, at least since the Civil War, the great philosophical divide is between \""progressives\"" and \""founders\"" of the American regime. The quarrel has come to be defined in the media as a contest between liberals and conservatives. This book explores the ideological underpinnings of American progressivism. In doing so, it examines the foundations of modern liberalism and conservatism.\n\nThe fundamental problem of any science of politics is to explain, however imperfectly, the sources of justice and injustice in politics: What are the \""self-evident truths\"" that inform and drive the public debates? Over time the foundational arguments for justice and injustice, what people regard as self-evident truths, do change. This process of change is at th.