Can I Be Feminist and NOT Believe in Progress | Mary Harrington

Name: Can I Be Feminist and NOT Believe in Progress | Mary Harrington
Uploaded: 2026-01-27
Duration: 13 min 54 s
Description: Factory farming. The atom bomb. Infanticide. Socrates contributor Mary Harrington explains why she views progress as a disguised form of metaphysics—'a secularized eschatology'—and how much evil has been justified in its name. She details how she arrived at the surprising conclusion that it’s possible to be a feminist without believing in progress.

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Factory farming. The atom bomb. Infanticide. Socrates contributor Mary Harrington explains why she views progress as a disguised form of metaphysics—'a secularized eschatology'—and how much evil has been justified in its name. She details how she arrived at the surprising conclusion that it’s possible to be a feminist without believing in progress.