Quotes About Agrarianism

political identity that Bertram Wolfe characterized as "an undigested mixture of Spanish anarchism, Russian terrorism, Soviet Marxism-Leninism [and] Mexican agrarianism.

The development of hoplite warfare took place in this context of novel agrarianism, which promoted a particular type of moral excellence.

Tradition-minded Christians who have immersed themselves in the writings of Wendell Berry should understand that agrarianism is no panacea. "You can't make a living as a farmer, but you can make a living as a die-setter," says MacDonald. "Industrialism is the new agrarianism. It's not back to the land, but back to the trades.

The new organization of northern wealth was not comparable to the petty bourgeoisie which seized power after the overthrow of European feudalism. It was a new rule of associated and federated monarchs and finance wielding a vaster and more despotic power than European kings and nobles ever held. It was destined to subdue not only simply Southern agrarianism but even individual wealth and brains in the North which were creating a new petty bourgeoisie of small merchants and skilled artisans.