Edward A. Stettner (1940–2013) was Ralph Emerson and Alice Freeman Palmer Professor of Political Science, Emeritus at Wellesley College, where he taught for more than forty years. He was the editor of Perspectives on Europe.
"Stettner has written a concise, intelligent, and highly readable
study of the thought of the American political philosopher and
editor, Herbert Croly. This book is a skillful and worthy addition
to the literature on this important and influential American
thinker."--American Historical Review"Well worth
reading."--Perspectives on Political Science
"At a time when liberalism seems questioned on every side, this
lively book on Croly, who as much as anyone developed the
progressive creed of Wilsonianism and the New Deal, is particularly
welcome. It brings out the reasoning behind many premises and plans
of twentieth-century progressives--and also the difficulties and
doubts that came to cloud Croly's own hopes."--Robert K. Faulkner,
author of The Jurisprudence of John Marshall"By far the best study
of Herbert Croly as a political and social philosopher. Stettner
illuminates the origins, evolution, and expression of Croly's
thought, with insightful reference to Croly's personal life and
involvement in larger affairs. Inasmuch as Stettner succeeds in
establishing Croly's overweening significance as a liberal thinker,
he has written a book with exciting contemporary resonance at a
time when America and the world are struggling to define the focus
of humane politics in the post-Cold War, post-socialist era."--John
Milton Cooper, Jr., author of Pivotal Decades: The United States,
1900-1920
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