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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... Committee in New York City, December 1963 323 Alexander Meiklejohn and Norman Thomas share a laugh at the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee dinner, December 1963 Alexander Meiklejohn receiving an honorary degree at the University of ...
... Committee in New York City, December 1963 323 Alexander Meiklejohn and Norman Thomas share a laugh at the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee dinner, December 1963 Alexander Meiklejohn receiving an honorary degree at the University of ...
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... committee after a single semester-long tutorial and then remained on my committee after moving to New York University. Fourth, I wish to thank Carl Kaestle, who joined my committee after he came to Brown during my final year of graduate ...
... committee after a single semester-long tutorial and then remained on my committee after moving to New York University. Fourth, I wish to thank Carl Kaestle, who joined my committee after he came to Brown during my final year of graduate ...
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... committees , re- cruited new members , and genuinely embraced its ideals of economic equality and mutual aid.2 It was in Rochdale , on February 3 , 1872 , that James and Elizabeth's eighth son , Alexander , was born . From a very early ...
... committees , re- cruited new members , and genuinely embraced its ideals of economic equality and mutual aid.2 It was in Rochdale , on February 3 , 1872 , that James and Elizabeth's eighth son , Alexander , was born . From a very early ...
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... committee stated. “Its enforcement is a farce and results merely in hypocrisy and deception, thereby inculcating a low standard of morality in the student body.”48 Within days of the committee's decision, newspapers across the nation ...
... committee stated. “Its enforcement is a farce and results merely in hypocrisy and deception, thereby inculcating a low standard of morality in the student body.”48 Within days of the committee's decision, newspapers across the nation ...
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... committee but did not support its de- cision to revoke the amateur rule. Shortly after the committee released its statement regarding the impracticability of the amateur code, he resigned his seat in protest.53 In his mind, the ...
... committee but did not support its de- cision to revoke the amateur rule. Shortly after the committee released its statement regarding the impracticability of the amateur code, he resigned his seat in protest.53 In his mind, the ...
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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