Anatomy of the Progressive Revolution
Anatomy of the Progressive Revolution
Author(s): Thomas A. MichaudSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: International Étienne Gilson Society
Keywords: progressive revolution; economics; morality; religion; traditional morality; social justice morality; human person; identity politics; collective entity; individual; socialistic economics;
Summary/Abstract: A cultural infrastructure of shared morality is necessary for the success of market economics. Traditional views maintain that religion is the nurturing source of the morality, which grows in the culture. The Progressive revolution aims to overturn Traditional morality and impose its social justice morality on culture. This article dissects and critiques the multifaceted Progressive revolution in the United States, while contrasting it with the Traditional view. It argues that the ultimate aim of the Progressive revolution is to redefine the human person through identity politics as a collective entity, which essentially liquidates the individual, conforms the person to social justice morality, and establishes socialistic economics.
Journal: Studia Gilsoniana
- Issue Year: 10/2021
- Issue No: 5
- Page Range: 1107-1120
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English