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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... living itself , to make it seem as if educa- tion were simply part and parcel of each student's autonomous exis- tence — even if , as Jean - Jacques Rousseau so clearly demonstrated in his classic Emile , it was not . To learn how to be ...
... living itself , to make it seem as if educa- tion were simply part and parcel of each student's autonomous exis- tence — even if , as Jean - Jacques Rousseau so clearly demonstrated in his classic Emile , it was not . To learn how to be ...
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... living according to reason was the ac- cepted doctrine . Huxley maintained that the individual should aid his fel- lows . ” 65 In Meiklejohn's view , Darwinism overlooked the necessity of in- dividual moral responsibility — the ...
... living according to reason was the ac- cepted doctrine . Huxley maintained that the individual should aid his fel- lows . ” 65 In Meiklejohn's view , Darwinism overlooked the necessity of in- dividual moral responsibility — the ...
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... living according to the ethical imperatives of reason, and he explicitly invoked Kant to clarify the meaning of this conviction. In the Critique of Practical Reason , Meiklejohn explained , Kant gave 49 “College Education and the Moral ...
... living according to the ethical imperatives of reason, and he explicitly invoked Kant to clarify the meaning of this conviction. In the Critique of Practical Reason , Meiklejohn explained , Kant gave 49 “College Education and the Moral ...
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... living are universal , ” Meiklejohn acknowledged , “ the content of each human life is and must be different from those of its fellows . ” 61 The challenge , therefore , was to teach the es- sential principles of ethical behavior ...
... living are universal , ” Meiklejohn acknowledged , “ the content of each human life is and must be different from those of its fellows . ” 61 The challenge , therefore , was to teach the es- sential principles of ethical behavior ...
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... living ' . . and that a classmate of mine wrote beneath a newspaper picture of the dean , which he kept over his desk : ' Even Hand ! " " 85 Amherst's trustees were interested in Meiklejohn's handling of student affairs , but they were ...
... living ' . . and that a classmate of mine wrote beneath a newspaper picture of the dean , which he kept over his desk : ' Even Hand ! " " 85 Amherst's trustees were interested in Meiklejohn's handling of student affairs , but they were ...
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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