Peter Maurin's Green Revolution
The Radical Implications of Reactionary Social Catholicism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6402622 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony W Novitsky (corresponding author), Anthony Novitsky |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 83-103 |
| Publication date | 1975-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670500025730 |
| OpenAlex | W2008905316 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Does the phenomenon which occurred during the last decade and has been loosely called the “New Catholic Left” include the Catholic Worker movement? Leaders of the Catholic Peace movement, civil rights activists and proponents of social justice in many instances have actively participated in the Catholic Worker movement or have at least been in contact with its followers. Yet, upon studying the Catholic Worker, a seeming paradox arises: the ideology of the Catholic Worker is a product of neither the American Left nor of liberal Catholicism but, rather, of the European Right. The ideology of the Catholic Worker, which is presented in the “Easy Essays” of Peter Maurin, is understandable only in the context of reactionary French Social Catholicism and allied movements. It is in the consequent repudiation of most of those ideas which were developed during the Enlightenment and became the basic presuppositions of American economics, politics and society that the radicalism of the Catholic Worker lies
Context (archaeology · Enlightenment · Ideology · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · Reactionary · Social movement · Sociology · Theology · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1978 - 2024 (47) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |