SOURCE: A review of The Growth of Philosophical Radicalism, in The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. XXVI, No. 15, July 18, 1929, pp. 414-17.

In the following review, Neff notes the historical and philosophical significance of Halévy's study of English Utilitarianism, The Growth of Philosophical Radicalism.

The appearance of M. Halévy's Formation du Radicalisme Philosophique in English twenty-five years after its publication may be taken as discouraging evidence of the slowness of international communication of ideas. Or it may seem rather the more discouraging that a translation should be necessary to introduce so important a work on an English subject to the intelligent public of England and the United States, and that a glance at books subsequently touching upon the subject or conversation with people interested in the Utilitarians should readily show how great a barrier the supposedly familiar French language may be. This study might have remained even longer...