The limits of progressivism: Louis Brandeis, democracy and the corporation

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Corporate lawyer Louis Brandeis played a crucial role in shaping the public policies of the corporate world through the Progressive movement in the beginning of the 20th century. While Brandeis remained committed to the struggle against corporate giants and trusts, he showed little enthusiasm for busting trusts and opposing mergers. Although progressives resolved to curb the unethical practices of big corporations, their weak antitrust policy failed to highlight the firms' oppressive character. The movement's character remained paradoxical, despite alerting the public to the evils of monopoly.

Analysis, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Ethical aspects, Corporations, Progressivism (United States politics), Progressive Era, ca. 1890-1924, Brandeis, Louis D.

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Local leadership in the early civil rights movement: the South Carolina Citizenship Education Program of the Highlander Folk School

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The Citizenship Education Program (CEP) of the Highlander Folk School is credited for developing the crucial local leadership that mobilized the early Civil Rights movement. However, Civil Rights scholarship has not yet adequately addressed the slow, developing character and hardships encountered in leadership development on South Carolina's Sea Islands, where the program was first introduced. More focus is placed on literacy classes pioneered by Bernice Robinson, protest flashpoints and Martin Luther King Jr.

Political aspects, Study and teaching, Political leadership, Civil rights movements

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A 'world-historical idea': the St. Louis Hegelians and the Civil War

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A history of the St. Louis Hegelians from 1858 to 1880 is presented. Particular attention is given to the social philosophy of the group and to aspects of Hegel's philosophy embraced by the St Louis Hegelians, including his theory by which every individual is an organic part of society.

History, Influence, Criticism and interpretation, Civil war, Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, St. Louis Hegelians

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