Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism (American Intellectual Culture)

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Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism highlights Wilson's sharp departure from the traditional principles of American government, most notably the Constitution. Ronald J. Pestritto persuasively argues that Wilson's unfailing criticism places him clearly in line with the Progressives' assault on the original principles of American constitutionalism. Drawing primarily from early writings and speeches that Wilson made during his years as a scholar, Pestritto examines the future president's clear and consistent ideologies that laid the foundation for later actions taken as a public leader.

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In past times, Amazon didn't charge for the second book when they sent out something that was in error. The notice to return the book happened a week after the initial receipt of the merchandise and notice that a new one was coming to replace it. NOT a good way to do business. Ordered the book, and the publisher put the wrong cover on it so they sent a second one to replace it. Shame shame. The publisher or Amazon owes me some money. Since it was defective, I donated it to the library and then got billed for a second time. I am NOT a happy camper.

Pestrito's book correct this defect. They latched on to Darwinism and corrupted it into a vision of perfection of mankind through perfection of the State.

It is a page turner, not a sleep inducer. This book makes clear the roots of the philosophy but tells the story in clear and readily understandable terms.

While also reading one of the commonly acknowledged biographies of Wilson, I came across this book. He was educated by Historicists who did not believed the Theory of Natural Rights as embodied in the Declaration and the Constitution.

I would heartily recommend it for those interested in the intellectual history of the modern era. The biography presents Wilson's social life in great and tedious detail, but says very very little about who he was and why he did what he did.

Wilson believed in the supremacy of The State above the individual.

He actually believed the Westen governments of his day were modern, perfection and the wonderous end of history. This is pretty heavy reading, but provides some background to the origins of today's political mess. Wilson's arrogant, elitist, academic understanding of contrasting philosophies of the individual's relation to government, accurately describes the basis for present "left wing" statist politics.

I have other, less expensive sources for used books. I was stunned by the price of a book this old, so I took my own advice, but not on Amazon. I'm still reeling from the sticker price. beg, borrow, but don't steal a copy. Sooner or later there will be enough used copies to bring the price down.

Have a pen handy for underlining passages, find a comfortable chair, and enjoy the ride. This is a well-documented and eye-opening examination of a forgotten (suppressed). period in presidential politics and American history.Scholarly, but not pedantic, it peels the onion-layers off of Wilson's political ideology, exposes its Hegelian historicist roots, and cogently supports Jonah Goldberg's claim that "it has happened here." Fascism, that is.Moreover, by demonstrating that Wilson's thorough-going racism, disdain for the constitution and the principles it was based on, were firmly anchored in (Hegelian) progressivism, it makes one wonder why anyone would willingly claim the title of "progressive" today.