In this, one of Dewey's most accessible works, he surveys the history of liberal thought from John Locke to John Stuart Mill, in his search to find the core of liberalism for today's world. While liberals of all stripes have held to some very basic values-liberty, individuality, and the critical use of intelligence - earlier forms of liberalism restricted the state function to protecting its citizens while allowing free reign to socio-economic forces. But, as society matures, so must liberalism as it reaches out to redefine itself in a world where government must play a role in creating an environment in which citizens can achieve their potential. Dewey's advocacy of a positive role for government - a new liberalism - nevertheless finds him rejecting radical Marxists and fascists who would use violence and revolution rather than democratic methods to aid the citizenry.
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I must say that I do not agree with the author's ideology anymore than I do that of other socialists such as Karl Marx or Adolf Hitler, but it is very interesting to read the thought's of a truly mad genius. Whereas some evil persons can convince many of the people some of the time, Dewey seems to have convinced many of the people for all time. Maybe if all intellectuals with common sense (a small minority of intellectuals I should think) would read this book and act to counteract its influence the world might rise from its current slide into the tyranny of socialism.
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- The Communist Manifesto (Signet Classics) by Karl Marx in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- Philosophy of History (Great Books in Philosophy) by Georg Wilhelm Friedri Hegel in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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