Woodrow Wilson And The Roots Of Modern Liberalism
Woodrow Wilson is best known for his service as the twenty-eighth president of the United States and his influence on American foreign policy in the twentieth century and beyond. Yet Wilson is equally important for his influence on how Americans think about their Constitution and principles of government.\ Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism highlights Wilson's sharp departure from the traditional principles of American government, most notably the Constitution. Ronald J....
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Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism highlights Wilson's sharp departure from the traditional principles of American government, most notably the Constitution. Ronald J. Pestritto persuasively argues that Wilson's unfailing criticism places him clearly in line with the Progressives' assault on the original principles of American constitutionalism. Drawing primarily from early writings and speeches that Wilson made during his years as a scholar, Pestritto examines the future president's clear and consistent ideologies that laid the foundation for later actions taken as a public leader.
Introduction : Wilson, the founding, and historical thinking11Historicism and Wilson's critique of the social compact332The modern democratic state and the new political science673Beyond the separation of powers : the new constitutionalism and the growth of the American national state994Congress as parliament?1335The presidency, the parties, and the judiciary1636Who governs? : Wilson's leadership doctrine and the question of democracy1997Wilson's science of administration221Conclusion : 1912 and beyond253
\ CHOICEPestritto offers an interesting read, with Wilson as a parallel to contemporary end of history commentary. Recommended.\ \ \ \ \ The Daily StandardIn his brilliant new book, Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism, Ronald Pestritto painstakingly documents Wilson's debt to Hegel.\ — Paul Mirengoff and Scott Johnson\ \ \ What Would the Founders Think?Ronald J. Pestrito’s book is an in-depth, methodical analysis of Wilson’s political philosophy. This dense, but relatively short 7 chapter volume is opened by placing Wilson in context with historical thinking and the founding of America. In the introduction, Pestrito lays out the foundation for the book. He contrasts the fundamental difference between Wilson’s political philosophy and that of the Founders. This difference stems from the framers’ core belief in inalienable, trans-historical truth and Wilson’s belief in historicism and the adapted tenets of German philosophers, notably Hegel.\ \
