Reviews for Progressivism and the New Democracy

The average rating for Progressivism and the New Democracy based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-03-14 00:00:00 Lionel Midford I read this a while ago but missed dates

Review # 2 was written on 2013-02-27 00:00:00 Frank Ravalli A very readable and knowledgeable account of the relationship between Thoreau and Emerson, with their agreements and disagreements and the emotional responses to the same. Here is a good quote (p.141). "While Thoreau ultimately was forced to construct a mythology of his own to express himself adequately, Emerson had slowly evolved a philosophy to incorporate his ideas." For Thoreau experience led to understanding; for Emerson it was transcendental ideas drawn from nature. Thus there were tensions in the relationship.