Positivist Republic : Auguste Comte and the Reconstruction of American Liberalism, 1865-1920

Name: Positivist Republic : Auguste Comte and the Reconstruction of American Liberalism, 1865-1920
Brand: Pennsylvania State University Press

Pennsylvania State University Press

Positivist RepublicAuguste Comte and the Reconstruction of American Liberalism, 18651920\nAuthor(s): Gillis Harp\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Pennsylvania State University Press, United States\nImprint: Pennsylvania State University Press\nISBN-13: 9780271026428, 978-0271026428\nSynopsis\nHistorians have long recognized the influence of Darwinism and German idealism on late Victorian intellectual discourse. In Positivist Republic, Gillis Harp argues that, in America, Auguste Comte's positivism constituted another formative influenceone that has not been fully appreciated. In fact, according to Harp, Comtean positivism was critical to the transformation of Anglo-American social and political thought during the last third of the nineteenth century. \n\nHarp identifies a thread of Comtean ideas running through the writings of Lester F. Ward, Edward Bellamy, Herbert Croly, and several lesser-known individuals, all of whom played a significant role in Gilded Age and Progressive reform. .