I can't wait to read it (...well, I can and I will...). Two thoughts occurred when reading your outline.
(1) You used the example of Marxism for the inevitability of history, which is fair enough, but I was thinking of the Whig Interpretation of History as I was reading the preceding section.
(2) The common thread is how progressives present their beliefs and values as facts.
(2a) Oh God Tony Blair's "radical centrism" <shudders>
Look forward to reading this book - I think Tony Blair is good example, he is widely acknowledged as a progressive centrist. He can be quite dismissive of the past and given his track record of war in Afghanistan and Iraq to be later appointed peace envoy to the middle east was quite remarkable
I can't wait to read it (...well, I can and I will...). Two thoughts occurred when reading your outline.
(1) You used the example of Marxism for the inevitability of history, which is fair enough, but I was thinking of the Whig Interpretation of History as I was reading the preceding section.
(2) The common thread is how progressives present their beliefs and values as facts.
(2a) Oh God Tony Blair's "radical centrism" <shudders>
Look forward to reading this book - I think Tony Blair is good example, he is widely acknowledged as a progressive centrist. He can be quite dismissive of the past and given his track record of war in Afghanistan and Iraq to be later appointed peace envoy to the middle east was quite remarkable