abstract:Louis Hartz (April 8, 1919 – January 20, 1986) was an American political scientist and influential liberal proponent of the idea of American exceptionalism.
Similarly, Louis Hartz, who sometimes disagreedwith the Progressives, argued that Americansacceptedlaissez-fairecapitalismwithoutchallengebecausetheylacked afeudal, precaptialist past.