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Uncertain Victory Social Democracy and Progressivism in European and American Thought, 1870-1920

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ISBN-10: 0195053044

ISBN-13: 9780195053043

Edition: 1986

Authors: James T. Kloppenberg

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This is the first comparative study of ideas and politics in France, Germany, the US, and Great Britain between 1870 and 1920 - a period when two generations of European and American intellectuals created a transatlantic community of philosophical and political discourse. In particular, it demonstrates how a number of thinkers from different traditions converged to create the theoretical foundations for new programmes of social democracy and progressivism. 'finely researched and imaginative survey ... an interesting and important contribution to the history of political philosophy.' Journal of American History
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Book details

List price: $105.00
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/24/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.13" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

Introduction
The Philosophy of the Via Media
Beyond Kant: Religion and Science in Nineteenth-Century Thought
Portraits: A Generation of Radical Philosophers
Clearing the Field: Critiques of Associationism and Idealism
The Radical Theory of Knowledge
The Immediacy of Lived Experience
The Consciousness of Continuity and the Continuity of Consciousness
Voluntary Action and Pragmatic Truth
Culture, Understanding, and History
The Social and Meaningful Quality of Experience
Interpretation as a Means of Knowing
The Historical Sensibility
The Ethics of Rational Benevolence
Beyond Utilitarianism and Intuitionism
The Conflict Between Prudence and Justice
The Historicity of Ethics and the Burden of Responsibility
From Philosophy to Politics
The Politics of the Via Media
Political Reform and the Role of Intellectuals
Resurrecting the Common Good
From Socialism to Social Democracy
The Origins of Social Democracy
The Critique of Socialist Reason
Rethinking Economic Theory: Where Marx Went Wrong
Social Democratic Politics
Reform Strategy and the Tactics of Liberal Alliance
Democracy and the Problem of Expertise
Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity Reconsidered
From Liberalism to Progressivism
Drifting from Liberalism
Understanding Social Experience
The Problem of Ethics in a Disenchanted World
Progressive Politics
Political Action and Cultural Change
Progressive Education
Bureaucracy versus Democracy
The Prospect of Justice
Freedom and Property
Toward a Harmony of Free Wills
Conclusion: Knowledge, Responsibility, and Reform
Notes
Bibliography
Index