Thermidor of the Progressives

Posted by on Jun 30, 2010 in Studies • 4 comments

C4SS Research Associate Kevin Carson’s latest research study is now available. Download Thermidor of the Progressives: Managerialist Liberalism’s Hostility to Decentralized Organization[PDF].

Thermidor of the Progressives: Liberalism’s Hostility to Decentralized Organization.

By Kevin Carson

“‘Progressive’ intellectuals have become attached to the fortunes of the large bureaucratic organization in the same way that the politiques were attached to the court of the Sun King. … This general affinity for large-scale organization and hierarchy, more recently, has been reflected in hostility to the new forms of networked organization permitted by the emerging technologies of the late twentieth century. The reaction to decentralized and networked organization, among conventional liberals, seems to be uniformly and viscerally negative. The professional vs. the do-it-yourself, the hierarchical vs. the networked, the managed vs. the ad hoc, the large and the hierarchical vs. the small-scale — in every case, the antipathies are predictable to the point of stereotype.”

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  1. ricketson on Jun 30, 2010, 2:33 pm:

    Have just read the first few pages (and doing a search for "eugenic"), I'm amazed that you refrained from connecting the eugenics movement to early 20th century progressivism. It's good that you can make your case without bringing up that inflammatory topic.

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  4. Rachel H on Dec 7, 2010, 11:11 pm:

    Ya gotta stop using progressive when talking about liberals. Progressive Party doesn’t like it, and it’s inaccurate.

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