Brownson, Politics, and "The Laboring Classes" During a Presidential Election
A little more than three years before his conversion to the Catholic Church, Orestes Brownson wrote a radical essay on "The Laboring Classes." Brownson had a life-long sympathy for the poor working classes. His essay's Unitarian-Transcendentalist Christian arguments, and its proto-Mar...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Catholic University of America Press
2021
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The catholic historical review
Year: 2021, Volume: 107, Issue: 4, Pages: 585-604 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Brownson, Orestes A. 1803-1876
/ USA
/ Presidential election
/ Geschichte 1840
/ Working class
/ Economic system
/ Church criticism
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| RelBib Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBQ North America NCC Social ethics NCE Business ethics ZC Politics in general |
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| Summary: | A little more than three years before his conversion to the Catholic Church, Orestes Brownson wrote a radical essay on "The Laboring Classes." Brownson had a life-long sympathy for the poor working classes. His essay's Unitarian-Transcendentalist Christian arguments, and its proto-Marxist critique of the systemic evils of an economy that weighed heavily on the working class, created a widespread animated reaction in the political community during a presidential election, and eventually caused Brownson himself to rethink his own religious arguments. |
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| ISSN: | 1534-0708 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic historical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cat.2021.0036 |