A History of American Political Theories Charles Merriam, Jr., Sidney Pearson (Introduction)
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 141280714X
DDC: 320.0973
Edition: Paperback; 2007-12-31
Summary:
"A History of American Political Theory" is a comprehensive attempt
to understand the full sweep of American political thought since the
founding. Working within the liberal-progressive tradition, Merriam
reviewed American political history in its entirety, from the
founding down to his own day. He was not out to reduce political
thought to a single element such as economics alone; his aim was to
encompass the whole of modem social science. The political science of
the liberal-progressive tradition has roots and assumptions that were
born in this period and nurtured by scholars such as Merriam. The
progressive tradition in general and Merriam in particular
interpreted the rise of a new science of politics that would be
required for the liberal-progressive world view he represented. His
work stands at a momentous fork in the road; two great traditions of
how American democracy should be understood, interpreted, and
analyzed parted company and afterward each went their separate ways.
These traditions are represented, respectively, by the founders and
the liberal-progressives. There was much at stake in these academic
debates, though the consequences were not entirely foreseen at the
time. An overview of the authors, works, and general source material
covered in "History of American Political Theories" is impressive.
Merriam viewed the study of American democracy as an eclectic
activity embracing the broadest definition of the social sciences,
with particular emphasis on psychology. Such a transformation
required that the social sciences be grouped as a whole rather than
fragmented into separate and distinct academic departments.
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