Benedict began his career as a social worker in Pittsburgh and Syracuse.[2] In 1917, he was hired by the Bureau of National Literature, and authored several books, including The Larger Socialism, published in 1921.[2] In the book, Benedict, who was a member of the Socialist Party of America, considers whether socialism is more Christian than capitalism, and criticizes the over-reliance of Marxian theory, especially its focus on social classes, in the American context.[4] Benedict contended that socialism failed to appear attractive to most Americans because most socialists were born outside the United States and failed to adapt its tenets to the reality of rural America, whose economy was primarily agricultural, not industrial.[5] He added that most Americans were "unable or unwilling to think in abstract terms"; instead, he believed Americans would need a charismatic socialist leader to find it attractive.[5] In the American Journal of Sociology, Victor E. Helleberg wrote that the book was "an attempt to reconstruct the strategy of socialist campaigning by broadening the outlook and considering carefully the situation in the United States."[6] Reviewing it for the Journal of Political Economy, Paul Douglas called it "an extraordinary clear and candid book."[4]
^ abRosenberg, Leonard B. (July 1969). "The "Failure" of the Socialist Party of America". The Review of Politics. 31 (3): 329–352. doi:10.1017/s0034670500010366. JSTOR1406549.
^Helleberg, Victor E. (November 1922). "Reviewed Works: The Larger Socialism. by Bertram Benedict; What is Socialism? by James Edward Le Rossignol". American Journal of Sociology. 28 (3): 360–361. doi:10.1086/213480. JSTOR2764681.
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