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	The Promise of American Lives - Heroic Individualism in the Writings of Herbert Croly (Copyright KcM 2003-2006)
		According to Croly, the hyper-individualistic America of the nineteenth century was ill-equipped to handle the many social problems either caused or exacerbated by the economic centralization and specialization that defined the start of the twentieth.
		For one, in Croly’s choices of admirable virtues to cultivate in the citizenry, it is possible to discern a number of long-standing progressive trends at work, trends that would very quickly fall out of vogue in the political writings of the early teens.
		Croly’s most noted biographer, David Levy, has argued that the book “was essentially the application of the thought of August Comte to the industrial society of the United States,” and as such Levy does an able job of explaining Croly’s virtues as the moral blueprint of a Comtean positivist.
	www.kevincmurphy.com /herbertcroly.htm (730 words)

	Herbert Croly and the American Promise - John B. Judis
		Herbert Croly and the American Promise - John B. Judis
		Herbert Croly is the greatest American political philosopher of the twentieth century.
		In 1985, when historian David Levy published the first biography of Croly, Herbert Croly and the New Republic, the New Republic did not even bother to review this distinguished and important book.
	www.worldandi.com /specialreport/1987/october/Sa13289.htm (220 words)

	The Claremont Institute » For the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy
		Croly was undeniably among the New York elite, yet his work aimed to not only transform the thought of the nation's greatest political leaders but to educate the general public to exercise their consent more intelligently and thoughtfully.
		Croly's history turns out to be more complicated than we might have expected, as it both admires the political leaders of the past while still maintaining a critical distance from their ideas and deeds.
		Croly prefers what we might call "a crisis in speech;" something that acknowledges that human beings must be compelled to act according to their particular circumstance, and yet at the same time does not compel them to act in a particular way but permits thought to lead action.
	www.claremont.org /writings/02apsa_alvis.html (16488 words)

	US Political Thought, Notes on Herbert Croly
		Croly argues that in the youth of the republic, “as long as economic opportunities.
		Croly seems to regard “any genuine measure of economic or political reform” as essentially a zero-sum proposition, since the “better opportunities” it provides some come about only by “depriving other individuals” (452).
		Croly acknowledges that the institution of private property “always involves the inheritance of unearned power and opportunity”, but it is only “very large fortunes” which trouble him (459), because “Gross inequalities in wealth.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~jboland/croly.html (2390 words)

	BOOKS OF THE TIMES - New York Times
		Not surprisingly, her small son turned more and more toward his father, and David Croly in turn treated Herbert, as soon as he was old enough, as an intellectual companion, instilling in him a belief in the creed to which he himself was passionately committed, Auguste Comte's Religion of Humanity.
		When Herbert went to Harvard, David ended his letters to him with the prayer, ''May Humanity have you in her lovely keeping,'' and he was alarmed to hear about the kind of philosophy that was being taught in the university.
		Eventually, Herbert went his own way, but even though his most famous book appeared 20 years after his father's death, when he came to write it the older man's precepts were still very much in his mind.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9B00EEDF103BF937A15756C0A963948260&sec=&pagewanted=1 (574 words)

	EDITOR WITH CLOUT - New York Times
		Herbert Croly played a leading role in hastening the end of the ''age of innocence'' and ushering in a new era of political sophistication.
		Croly's career and convictions bore the deep imprint of his lively parents, who instilled in him a vigorous and independent spirit of justice.
		Croly was born in 1869 into a middle-class household far removed from the Victorian mainstream.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9A07EFDE1738F937A25754C0A963948260 (652 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Herbert David Croly (January 23, 1869 - May 17, 1930) was a liberal political author.
		Croly began his studies at the City College of New York in 1884.
		Croly's work influenced Theodore Roosevelt (who borrowed the "new nationalism" slogan), Woodrow Wilson, and the architects of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Herbert_Croly (319 words)

	Herbert David Croly / Theodore Roosevelt as a Reformer
		He appeared to be the kind of Hamiltonian that Croly desired to revive the historic mission of the Republicans to achieve national responsibility as they had done in the antislavery movement.
		Croly supported - and presumably influenced - both Roosevelt's New Nationalism, which recognized that Bigness was here to stay but which believed that it could be directed toward beneficent ends by the state and Wilson's New Freedom which stressed the antimonopoly tradition.
		A Republican party which was untrue to the principle of national responsibility would have no reason for existence; and the Democratic party, as we have seen, cannot become the party of national responsibility without being faithless to its own creed.
	www.cooperativeindividualism.org /croly-herbert_on-theodore-roosevelt.html (1930 words)

	Reason Magazine - The Croly Ghost
		Croly did two very important things: He wrote The Promise of American Life, published in 1909, which crystallized the thought of the Progressive movement as it assumed significant, multiparty political influence.
		Croly's central message was that the government's job is to solve social problems and to actively shape the future, not to be a neutral referee.
		Crolyism overturned the ideal of limited government in favor of a combination of elite power--commissions to regulate and plan--and mass democracy.
	www.reason.com /news/show/30464.html (1844 words)

	Shaping Modern Liberalism
		But, as Herbert Croly and his turn-of-the-century contemporaries found, jelling these appealing yet often conflicting concepts into a liberal philosophy was not nearly as easy as embracing them in a campaign speech.
		Croly, founder of The New Republic, expounded on issues from the nationalization of railroads to the Espionage Act in his search for a middle way between socialism and capitalism.
		In doing so, Stettner emphasizes how Croly's philosophy evolved and how Croly was drawn to the conclusion that a strong national government and individual rights could indeed coexist--if not always serenely--in a democratic society.
	www.kansaspress.ku.edu /stesha.html (350 words)

	The Promise of American Lives - Heroic Individualism in the Writings of Herbert Croly (Copyright KcM 2003-2006)
		Thus, concludes Croly, a person cultivates her own individuality by freely engaging in an aesthetic or occupational pursuit of her choosing, and the best form of government is one that offers a diversity of pursuits for such citizens to engage in.
		In defining individuality thus, Croly acknowledges his intellectual debt to the writings of nineteenth century British cultural critics John Ruskin and William Morris, both of whom extolled “the insistence on the worker’s right to joyful and useful labor” as the “moral core” of their public philosophies.
		As she notes, “For Croly, as for Ruskin and Morris, the satisfaction of doing a good job was not only a way to self-satisfaction, but a way to restore a sense of community and moral responsibility.” Iris Dorreboom.
	www.kevincmurphy.com /herbertcroly3.html (2046 words)

	Herbert Croly
		In the book, Croly argued for a planned economy, increased spending on education and the creation of a society based on the "brotherhood of mankind".
		Croly continued to persuade some of the most prominent literary figures in the United States and Britain to write for the journal.
		Herbert Croly remained editor of the New Republic until his death on 17th May, 1930.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAcroly.htm (893 words)

	POLSC 301 Topics for Third Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Explain Croly's analysis of the corporation, review his proposals for reforming its behavior through external controls and the cultivation of new incentives and norms, and evaluate whether his scheme for the large corporation would preserve its advantages and promote the goals he seeks..
		Croly a letter in which you develop a critique of his book that covers what you identify from your perspective as the three most serious flaws in his argument.
		You are Herbert Croly and you have just read William Sumner's essays, "What Do Social Classes Owe to Each Other?" and the "Conquest of the United States by Spain." Write Mr.
	urban.hunter.cuny.edu /~apolsky/301S03PT3.htm (551 words)

	Amazon.com: The Promise Of American Life: Books: Herbert Croly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Croly uses the word nationalism in a sense which baffled me at first, until I got it: he uses it in opposition to "all states for themselves", building a nation out of a group of less-than-nations.
		For Croly the individualistic, libertarian America of the agrarian eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was gone, swept away by the forces of the industrial revolution, urbanization, centralization, and modernity.
		Croly pressed for the centralization of power in the Federal Government to ensure democracy, a "New Nationalism." As Croly wrote, "the traditional American confidence in individual freedom has resulted in a morally and socially undesirable distribution of wealth" (p.
	www.amazon.com /Promise-American-Life-Herbert-Croly/dp/184664433X (1921 words)

	Biographies Herbert Croly Journalism Essays -- Herbert Croly
		At the turn of the 20th century, Herbert Croly — as far as the accelerating world was concerned — was a man without a name.
		However, when in 1909 Croly published his first and most remembered book, The Promise of American Life, he was instantly recognized as a great political thinker.
		Croly was born on Jan 23, 1869 and journalism was in his household, if not in his blood.
	www.123helpme.com /preview.asp?id=36453 (1630 words)

	Herbert Croly Summary
		An American editor and author, Herbert David Croly (1869-1930) created the political philosophy known as "new nationalism" and was a founder of the magazine New Republic.
		Herbert Croly was born on Jan. 23, 1869, into an immigrant but middle-class family....
		Herbert David Croly(January 23, 1869- May 17, 1930) was a liberal political author.
	www.bookrags.com /Herbert_Croly (166 words)

	Government Foundations
		Croly argued for a "Hamiltonian principle of national responsibility" (Roosevelt’s position also), moving beyond the mere "negative" governmental implications of Jeffersonian individualism (which was more Wilson’s thrust).
		Croly favored a strong national state and, instead of Jefferson’s concept of "a government of and by the people," he argued for a "government for the people by popular but responsible leaders." According to Croly, laissez-faire liberalism was no longer compatible with the industrial era.
		It further warns the American people of the challenges that industrialism has brought and suggests that changes in the American vision will be necessary to adapt successfully to the new era.
	www.wadsworth.com /politicalscience_d/special_features/ext/amgov/gov_foundations/sr_dptintro3.html (304 words)

	New Republic
		In 1914 Croly was invited to meet Dorothy and Willard at their Long Island home.
		After the war Herbert Croly became much more critical of Woodrow Wilson and described the Versailles Treaty as "a peace of annihilation".
		Herbert Croly continued to persuade some of the most prominent literary figures in the United States and Britain to write for the journal.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USArepublic.htm (1335 words)

	Topics for Third Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Explain Sumner's conception of a contract society, civil liberty, social obligation, and the proper role of the state, show how this ideal forms the basis for his critique of the political trends he observes around him, and then discuss critically whether the political course he recommends (in both essays) is consistent with his theory.
		Croly insists that it is his purpose to give real meaning in his era to the concept of democracy.
		If by the notion of "democracy" we mean that the people must act, however, it is not clear that Croly's reconstructed state ought to be regarded as a democratic one.
	urban.hunter.cuny.edu /~apolsky/APTPT3.htm (583 words)

	The New York Review of Books: Herbert Croly's America
		One reason why Herbert Croly remains a somewhat mysterious figure in American political thought is that the first forty years of his life are largely a blank.
		Croly left neither private papers from that period nor a public record which in the absence of letters and diaries would at least permit inferences about what kind of person he was.
		All that is known of his childhood is that his parents, Comtean intellectuals and reformers who came to America from England, brought him up in the Positivist faith, in a household which appears to have been emotionally a little austere.
	www.nybooks.com /articles/12839 (398 words)

	Amazon.fr : The Promise of American Life: Livres en anglais: Herbert Croly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Such was the state of the United States after the Civil War, and if it sounds familiar, then it only underlines the continuing relevance of Herbert Croly's The Promise of American Life, first published in 1909.
		Croly saw an American culture desperately fragmented, torn by the transformation from a rural, agrarian economy to an urban, industrial one, and called for a righting of societal and economic imbalances through collective national efforts and strong government.
		But the historical import of Croly's passionate and stirring manifesto on Progressive political belief is overshadowed by its pertinence to the social and economic issues facing Americans today.
	www.amazon.fr /Promise-American-Life-Herbert-Croly/dp/1596052724 (450 words)

	Herbert Croly Biography \| Dictionary of Literary Biography
		Herbert Croly, founder and editor of the New Republic, was a prophet of the liberal political faith.
		Croly was the only son of parents who were prominent polemicists and journalists.
		His father, David Goodman Croly, worked as a New York Evening Post reporter in the 1850s before joining his wife in an ill-fated publishing venture with a Democratic newspaper in Rockford, Illinois.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/herbert-croly-dlb (180 words)

	The Promise of American Life Summary & Essays - Herbert Croly
		At this time, the wealth of the country was becoming increasingly concentrated in the hands of fewer and fewer individuals, most often corporate and political bosses.
		Croly’s theories were influenced by his parents, who were both political journalists, and by the philosophers with whom he studied at Harvard.
		They were so impressed by Croly’s political theories, they contacted him and provided the backing to launch a new periodical of progressive thinking which became The New Republic, a periodical still in circulation today.
	www.enotes.com /promise-american (309 words)

	The Gilder Lehrman Institute. Modules on American History
		Croly (1869-1930), a political theorist and journalist who founded The New Republic, was Progressivism's preeminent philosopher.
		Croly, like most Progressives, was convinced that only a public-spirited, disinterested elite, guided by scientific principles, could restore the promise of American life.
		The challenge confronting early twentieth-century America, according to Croly, was to respond to the problems that had accompanied the transformation of America from a rural, agricultural society into an urban industrial one.
	www.gilderlehrman.org /teachers/module14/intro_pop6.html (249 words)

	Reflections - 27 November 2000
		Croly is a Progressive intellectual who came late to the party.
		That is to say, his is largely a restatement of "what should be done" by Progressives.
		Of course, identifying those elements of Croly's thought that are germane to my thesis -- and more narrowly, to this chapter's thesis -- takes time.
	publiustx.net /journal/2000-11/2000-11-27.htm (103 words)

	CROLY, NY CIVIC IMPROVEMENT
		When Herbert David Croly (1869-1930) wrote this article he had recently left the editorship of the journal in which it appeared, a post he held from 1900 to 1906.
		Born in New York as the son of a journalist, Croly studied in New York's public and private schools and one year at the College of the City of New York before entering Harvard as a special student in 1886.
		Doubtless he absorbed what they had to say in their articles into his own knowledge of conditions in the U.S. and Europe when he came to write this essay.
	www.library.cornell.edu /Reps/DOCS/croly'07.htm (3562 words)

	Reflections - 24 September 2000
		Even though Croly comes along a little bit late in the Progressive movement, he is writing before the question is decided.
		Between Croly and Beard, I have much of the progression in Progressive political/constitutional theory covered (still need to go back a little further than Croly).
		Unlike other subfields of political philosophy, American political thought isn't usually particularly dense or time consuming, but because of the facts I've not dealt with Croly before and I have a fairly specific set of questions I'm bringing to the text, this has been slow.
	www.publiustx.net /journal/2000-09/2000-09-24.htm (240 words)

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