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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Page xiii
... freedom in their students . To teach democracy , Meiklejohn believed , was to present the process of education as an appearance , a vague reflection of the process of living itself , to make it seem as if educa- tion were simply part ...
... freedom in their students . To teach democracy , Meiklejohn believed , was to present the process of education as an appearance , a vague reflection of the process of living itself , to make it seem as if educa- tion were simply part ...
Page xiv
... freedom and public order, individual liberty and institutional 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 ...
... freedom and public order, individual liberty and institutional 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 ...
Page xv
... freedom was to assume that human beings would submit themselves voluntarily to the transcendental au- thority of pure reason. Essential to Meiklejohn's educational and political philosophy was his conviction that democracy rested on the ...
... freedom was to assume that human beings would submit themselves voluntarily to the transcendental au- thority of pure reason. Essential to Meiklejohn's educational and political philosophy was his conviction that democracy rested on the ...
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... freedom in the choice of courses in the belief that the unfettered search for knowledge would lead eventually to a coherent understanding of the whole . Such a complete absence of structure , however , did not benefit every student ...
... freedom in the choice of courses in the belief that the unfettered search for knowledge would lead eventually to a coherent understanding of the whole . Such a complete absence of structure , however , did not benefit every student ...
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... freedom of moral choices rested on the categorical imperative to be reasonable at all times and all places. As he grew into adulthood, he strove to embody this ideal of reasonable behavior in an otherwise unreasonable world, even when ...
... freedom of moral choices rested on the categorical imperative to be reasonable at all times and all places. As he grew into adulthood, he strove to embody this ideal of reasonable behavior in an otherwise unreasonable world, even when ...
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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