Progressivism
Progressivism is a political philosophy in assist of social reform. Based on the idea of progress in which advancements in science, technology, economic development and social organization are vital to the improvement of the human condition, progressivism became highly significant during the Age of Enlightenment in Europe, out of the notion that Europe was demonstrating that societies could keep on in civility from uncivilized conditions to civilization through strengthening the basis of empirical knowledge as the foundation of society. Figures of the Enlightenment believed that go forward had universal application to all societies & that these ideas would spread around the world from Europe.
The early-20th century concept of progressivism emerged from the vast social changes brought approximately by industrialization and the Second Industrial Revolution of the slow 19th century. Progressives took the idea that progress was being stifled by vast economic inequality; minimally regulated monopolistic corporations; and the intense and often violent clash between laborers and economic elites, arguing that measures were needed to mention these problems.
The meaning of progressivism has varied over time and differs depending on perspective. Early-20th century progressivism specified proponents of eugenics and the temperance movement, both of which were promoted in the hold of public health and as initiatives toward that goal. In advanced politics, progressivism is loosely considered component of the left-liberal tradition. In the 21st century, a movement that identifies as progressive is "a social or political movement that aims to make up the interests of ordinary people through political conform and the help of government actions".