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[[Image:Edward Bellamy.jpg|thumb|75px|right|Edward Bellamy]]

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===Pre-Progressive Era===

===Pre-Progressive Era===

The first progressives include thinkers involved in the radical strain of [[Enlightenment]] philosophy, such as the Marquis de Condorcet. The Frenchman argued that all human problems were on the verge of annihilation due to "the development of a new doctrine which is to deliver the final blow to the already tottering structure of prejudice." This doctrine, according to Condorcet, "is the idea of the limitless perfectibility of the human species.” In ''Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Spirit'', the Marquis paints a progressive picture of a history that is moving "forward" away from the dogmas of tradition and superstition thanks to the advent of modern reason and science.

The first progressive thinkers and hence the dawn of modern progressivism has been traced back to the publication of [[Looking Backward]],<ref name=ushistory>[http://www.ushistory.org/us/42a.asp 42a. Roots of the Movement], Progressivism Sweeps the Nation</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Goldberg |first1=Jonah |year=2008 |title=Liberal Fascism |publisher=Random House |pages=215 |quote=It's hard to fix a specific starting date for the progressive race for the Great Society, but a good guess might be 1888, the year Edward Bellamy's novel ''Looking Backward'' burst on the American scene.  One of the most influential works of progressive propaganda ever conceived.}}</ref> where author [[Edward Bellamy]] uses the label of ''Nationalism'' to create a movement aiming toward greater state power at the expense of the individual.

 

The dawn of modern progressivism has been traced back to the publication of [[Looking Backward]],<ref name=ushistory>[http://www.ushistory.org/us/42a.asp 42a. Roots of the Movement], Progressivism Sweeps the Nation</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Goldberg |first1=Jonah |year=2008 |title=Liberal Fascism |publisher=Random House |pages=215 |quote=It's hard to fix a specific starting date for the progressive race for the Great Society, but a good guess might be 1888, the year Edward Bellamy's novel ''Looking Backward'' burst on the American scene.  One of the most influential works of progressive propaganda ever conceived.}}</ref> where author [[Edward Bellamy]] uses the label of ''Nationalism'' to create a movement aiming toward greater state power at the expense of the individual.

Another book that had far reaching implications for the coming birth of progressive ideology was [[Henry George]]'s book [[Progress and Poverty]].<ref name=ushistory /><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=RdseBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA279 Knights of the Golden Rule: The Intellectual as Christian Social Reformer in the 1890s], "[[Jacob Riis]] dated the awakening from 1879 specifically because of the publication of George's book."</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=TPccAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA246&lpg=PA246 Henry George and the Beginnings of Revolutionary Socialism in the United States], The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science</ref> (See section [[Henry George#Ideological Influence|Henry George: Ideological Influence]])

Another book that had far reaching implications for the coming birth of progressive ideology was [[Henry George]]'s book [[Progress and Poverty]].<ref name=ushistory /><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=RdseBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA279 Knights of the Golden Rule: The Intellectual as Christian Social Reformer in the 1890s], "[[Jacob Riis]] dated the awakening from 1879 specifically because of the publication of George's book."</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=TPccAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA246&lpg=PA246 Henry George and the Beginnings of Revolutionary Socialism in the United States], The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science</ref> (See section [[Henry George#Ideological Influence|Henry George: Ideological Influence]])