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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... give a complete chronicle of Meiklejohn's life but to give him an opportunity to speak for himself . Wherever possible , it allows both the tone and the meaning of Meiklejohn's ideas to come through in his own words — in books ...
... give a complete chronicle of Meiklejohn's life but to give him an opportunity to speak for himself . Wherever possible , it allows both the tone and the meaning of Meiklejohn's ideas to come through in his own words — in books ...
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... give the immigrants credit ” for the advantages they brought , he wrote , “ we , ” the newcomers , “ must try to do it for them . ” In Meiklejohn's view , the United States owed its greatness chiefly to the contributions of immi- grants ...
... give the immigrants credit ” for the advantages they brought , he wrote , “ we , ” the newcomers , “ must try to do it for them . ” In Meiklejohn's view , the United States owed its greatness chiefly to the contributions of immi- grants ...
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... give meaning to life in the form of universal moral principles. Comparing Plato's teacher, Socrates, to his great hero, Kant, Meiklejohn noted that both philoso- phers, despite their historical distance, had addressed the same basic ...
... give meaning to life in the form of universal moral principles. Comparing Plato's teacher, Socrates, to his great hero, Kant, Meiklejohn noted that both philoso- phers, despite their historical distance, had addressed the same basic ...
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... gives it unity and renders it a valid knowl- edge of truth. This element, for Socrates as well as for Kant, is the framing of general ideas, the relating of particular impressions, the construction of concepts.” Even if humanity could ...
... gives it unity and renders it a valid knowl- edge of truth. This element, for Socrates as well as for Kant, is the framing of general ideas, the relating of particular impressions, the construction of concepts.” Even if humanity could ...
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... give to the human life that worth and value which we desire . ” 64 According to Meiklejohn , the logic of animal competition simply did not apply to human beings , for whom the violent struggle for existence was not only wasteful and ...
... give to the human life that worth and value which we desire . ” 64 According to Meiklejohn , the logic of animal competition simply did not apply to human beings , for whom the violent struggle for existence was not only wasteful and ...
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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