Education and Democracy: The Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn, 1872–1964Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2009 M03 11 - 440 pages 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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... authority that dominated his historical milieu. As a bulwark against the rising tide of “agnostic” sci- ence and “amoral” technology, idealism offered a sense of certainty and stability in a rapidly changing world. Yet, in the first ...
... authority that dominated his historical milieu. As a bulwark against the rising tide of “agnostic” sci- ence and “amoral” technology, idealism offered a sense of certainty and stability in a rapidly changing world. Yet, in the first ...
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... authority of reason as an organizing principle for all human relationships. Without rational- ity as an authoritative ideal, Meiklejohn simply could not conceive of lib- eral education as a creative force for the development of ...
... authority of reason as an organizing principle for all human relationships. Without rational- ity as an authoritative ideal, Meiklejohn simply could not conceive of lib- eral education as a creative force for the development of ...
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... authority . Democra- cies , in other words , had a basic duty to protect their citizens from harm . In the months following his high school graduation , three important events occurred in the life of seventeen - year - old Alexander ...
... authority . Democra- cies , in other words , had a basic duty to protect their citizens from harm . In the months following his high school graduation , three important events occurred in the life of seventeen - year - old Alexander ...
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... authority of mid - nineteenth - century Victorianism . The second pushed forward to the intellectual aimlessness of twentieth - century modernism . Even if young Meiklejohn could scarcely guess at the dramatic effect this transition ...
... authority of mid - nineteenth - century Victorianism . The second pushed forward to the intellectual aimlessness of twentieth - century modernism . Even if young Meiklejohn could scarcely guess at the dramatic effect this transition ...
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... authority over his athletes . “ The greatest evil of the situation of recent years , ” Freeman complained , “ has been the impossibility of enforcing rules , and consequently lowering the moral sense of the college boys , who are ...
... authority over his athletes . “ The greatest evil of the situation of recent years , ” Freeman complained , “ has been the impossibility of enforcing rules , and consequently lowering the moral sense of the college boys , who are ...
Contents
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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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