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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... living itself, to make it seem as if education were simply part and parcel of each student's autonomous existence—even if, as Jean-Jacques Rousseau so clearly demonstrated in his classic Emile, it was not. To learn how to be democratic ...
... living itself, to make it seem as if education were simply part and parcel of each student's autonomous existence—even if, as Jean-Jacques Rousseau so clearly demonstrated in his classic Emile, it was not. To learn how to be democratic ...
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... living according to reason was the ac- cepted doctrine. Huxley maintained that the individual should aid his fellows.”65 In Meiklejohn's view, Darwinism overlooked the necessity of individual moral responsibility—the categorical ...
... living according to reason was the ac- cepted doctrine. Huxley maintained that the individual should aid his fellows.”65 In Meiklejohn's view, Darwinism overlooked the necessity of individual moral responsibility—the categorical ...
Page 39
... living expenses, including gas heat and servants' wages, ranged from $130 to $300 annually, the typical student spent about $325 a year to attend Brown. While the wealthiest families in Rhode Island still sent their sons to Harvard or ...
... living expenses, including gas heat and servants' wages, ranged from $130 to $300 annually, the typical student spent about $325 a year to attend Brown. While the wealthiest families in Rhode Island still sent their sons to Harvard or ...
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... living well meant 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 two principles 49 ...
... living well meant 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 two principles 49 ...
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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 without belying ...
... 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 without belying ...
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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