Winning America's Second Civil War : Progressivism's Authoritarian Threat, Where It Came from, and How to Defeat It / Jeffrey E. Paul.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paul, Jeffrey, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights.

Education, Higher--United States--German influences.

Education, Higher.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

National socialism and education--Germany--History--20th century.

National socialism and education.

Oligarchy--United States.

Oligarchy.

Social media--Law and legislation--United States.

Social media.

Taxation--United States.

Taxation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Winning America's 2nd Civil War

Place of Publication:

New York : Encounter Books, [2023]

Summary:

"The founding principles of the American Revolution-that all individuals have unalienable natural rights to life, liberty, and the fruits of their labor, and that governments should exist only to protect these rights-were a singularity in human history. The nation's failure to secure the slaves' equal rights to self-ownership led to a civil war and the constitutional recognition of this vital principle. And yet, scarcely four decades later, social science faculties at the country's top colleges and universities repudiated the country's founding principles. The cause of this startling change was the education that hundreds of American college students and graduates received in German universities in the late 19th century. Germany's professoriate was dominated by state socialists who taught that individuals had no natural rights, only privileges granted to them by the government. American students absorbed these beliefs and after their return, established this country's first graduate-level programs, seeding the first generation of PhDs. Inventing the name "progressives" for themselves, their goal was to recast America's governmental and economic institutions in the image of Germany's authoritarian government and oligarchical society. Higher education was transformed with disastrous results for the humanities and social sciences. Generation after generation of students, including those who went on to teach, abandoned this country's traditional relationship of the individual to the state"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Two American Civil Wars: Human Rights and Their Domestic Enemies

Counterrevolution

Columbia University

Johns Hopkins University

The Progressives' Search for a Usable American Past

The Political Convictions of Academics

The Media

A Century of Dictatorships: Collective Ownership or Control of the Means of Production

Collective Ownership of the Means of Consumption

America's Emerging Oligarchy and Its Financiers

America's Second Civil War.

Notes:

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Online version: Paul, Jeffrey. Winning America's second civil war

ISBN:

9781641773805

1641773804

OCLC:

1455132481