Uncertain Victory : Social Democracy and Progressivism in European and American Thought, 1870-1920.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (557 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART ONE -- Chapter 1. The Philosophy of the Via Media -- 1. Beyond Kant: Religion and Science in Nineteenth-Century Thought -- 2. Portraits: A Generation of Radical Philosophers -- 3. Clearing the Field: Critiques of Associationism and Idealism -- Chapter 2. The Radical Theory of Knowledge -- 1. The Immediacy of Lived Experience -- 2. The Consciousness of Continuity and the Continuity of Consciousness -- 3. Voluntary Action and Pragmatic Truth -- Chapter 3. Culture, Understanding, and History -- 1. The Social and Meaningful Quality of Experience -- 2. Interpretation as a Means of Knowing -- 3. The Historical Sensibility -- Chapter 4. The Ethics of Rational Benevolence -- 1. Beyond Utilitarianism and Intuitionism -- 2. The Conflict Between Prudence and Justice -- 3. The Historicity of Ethics and the Burden of Responsibility -- Chapter 5. From Philosophy to Politics -- 1. The Politics of the Via Media -- 2. Political Reform and the Role of Intellectuals -- 3. Resurrecting the Common Good -- PART TWO -- Chapter 6. From Socialism to Social Democracy -- 1. The Origins of Social Democracy -- 2. The Critique of Socialist Reason -- 3. Rethinking Economic Theory: Where Marx Went Wrong -- Chapter 7. Social Democratic Politics -- 1. Reform Strategy and the Tactics of Liberal Alliance -- 2. Democracy and the Problem of Expertise -- 3. Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity Reconsidered -- Chapter 8. From Liberalism to Progressivism -- 1. Drifting from Liberalism -- 2. Understanding Social Experience -- 3. The Problem of Ethics in a Disenchanted World -- Chapter 9. Progressive Politics -- 1. Political Action and Cultural Change -- 2. Progressive Education -- 3. Bureaucracy versus Democracy -- Chapter 10. The Prospect of Justice -- 1. Freedom and Property -- 2. Toward a Harmony of Free Wills. 3. Conclusion: Knowledge, Responsibility, and Reform -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Between 1870 and 1920, two generations of European and American intellectuals created a transatlantic community of philosophical and political discourse. Uncertain Victory, the first comparative study of ideas and politics in France, Germany, America, and Great Britain during these years, demonstrates how the theoretical foundations for new programs of social democracy and progressivism were created by a wide range of theorists and activists including William James, T.H. Green, Beatrice and Sidney Webb, Jean Jaurès, Wilhelm Dilthey, Max Weber, and John Dewey.