Transcript PROGRESSIVES AND PROGRESSIVE REFORM

Progressives and
Progressive Reform
What was the
Progressive Movement?
“A Response to Industrialism”
“A Search for ORDER”
How does one produce a
more humane, yet
“ordered” society?
“Innovative Nostalgia”
Social Darwinists
vs
Progressives
If “environment” is so
important, how can it
be improved?
Thinking
SYSTEMATICALLY
Once one understands
the “system” and the
problems it creates,
how can one change it
for the better?
Theory vs Practice
“Pragmatism”
Educate the public:
“Muckrakers”
Beyond Education:
INTERVENTIONISM
Optimism:
The Social Gospel
Movement
“Optimistic
Interventionism”
…and its discontents
Social Control
vs
Social Justice
Order and Consensus
vs
Redistribution of
Resources and Power