Our Culture Wars: Intellectual Roots and Historical Precedents
Professor McGarvie describes the development of pragmatism in the early 19th century as a critique of the individualistic and rights-oriented ideology of the Enlightenment. Pragmatism served as the basis for the first progressive movement, which was ultimately repudiated in the ascension of the Coolidge, Harding, and Hoover Republicans in the 1920s. How are today’s progressives repeating the political errors of their predecessors?
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Mark McGarvie, J.D., Ph.D.,
Retired Professor of History and Law, College of William and Mary
Educational SpeakerMark McGarvie, J.D., Ph.D., is an American historian who writes, teaches, and shares history so as to respect the integrity...
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