Education and Democracy: The Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn, 1872–1964Univ of Wisconsin Press, 11/03/2009 - 440 páginas This definitive biography of the charismatic Alexander Meiklejohn tracks his turbulent career as an educational innovator at Brown University, Amherst College, and Wisconsin’s “Experimental College” in the early twentieth century and his later work as a civil libertarian in the Joe McCarthy era. The central question Meiklejohn asked throughout his life’s work remains essential today: How can education teach citizens to be free? |
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... debate, ex- hibited repeatedly throughout his long career, cast an almost magical spell over acquaintances, arousing passionate loyalty among friends even while it provoked bitter antagonism among enemies. An expert in logic and ca ...
... debate, ex- hibited repeatedly throughout his long career, cast an almost magical spell over acquaintances, arousing passionate loyalty among friends even while it provoked bitter antagonism among enemies. An expert in logic and ca ...
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... debates. Stressing the critical imperatives of reason and the collective possibilities of democracy, Meiklejohn's Neo- Kantian idealism yielded a provocative solution to the paradox of demo- cratic education. In words directed ...
... debates. Stressing the critical imperatives of reason and the collective possibilities of democracy, Meiklejohn's Neo- Kantian idealism yielded a provocative solution to the paradox of demo- cratic education. In words directed ...
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... debate . Often , the cooperative's members as- sembled at the Meiklejohn home to discuss labor relations and the possi- bilities for social reform . They expressed strong support for Britain's Lib- eral prime minister William Gladstone ...
... debate . Often , the cooperative's members as- sembled at the Meiklejohn home to discuss labor relations and the possi- bilities for social reform . They expressed strong support for Britain's Lib- eral prime minister William Gladstone ...
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... debating society” and enabled them to consider the important social questions of the day. As Meiklejohn saw it, campaign speeches al- lowed “the most intelligent and gifted men of the country [to] act as the leading debaters [and thus] ...
... debating society” and enabled them to consider the important social questions of the day. As Meiklejohn saw it, campaign speeches al- lowed “the most intelligent and gifted men of the country [to] act as the leading debaters [and thus] ...
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... debate positioned Herbert Spencer on one side against Thomas Huxley on the other . Meiklejohn spoke for Huxley . “ Spencer tried to show that the ethical life of man is dependent upon evolution , ” he explained , “ but Huxley disagreed ...
... debate positioned Herbert Spencer on one side against Thomas Huxley on the other . Meiklejohn spoke for Huxley . “ Spencer tried to show that the ethical life of man is dependent upon evolution , ” he explained , “ but Huxley disagreed ...
Índice
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To Whom Are We Responsible? 19201924 | 97 |
A New College with a New Idea 19251928 | 133 |
A Most Lamentable Comedy 19291932 | 165 |
A Fresh Start 19331940 | 199 |
A Reply to John Dewey 19411947 | 233 |
What Does the First Amendment Mean? 19481954 | 263 |
The Faith of a Free Man 19551964 | 296 |
Education and the Democratic IdealThe Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn | 329 |
Notes | 337 |
Bibliography and Suggestions for Further Reading | 391 |
Index | 403 |
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