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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... meeting of Henry Wallace's Progressive Party in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, March 28, 1949 282 Alexander and Helen Meiklejohn at a reunion with advisers from the Experimental College held at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland ...
... meeting of Henry Wallace's Progressive Party in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, March 28, 1949 282 Alexander and Helen Meiklejohn at a reunion with advisers from the Experimental College held at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland ...
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... meetings in their home , served on social and charitable committees , re- cruited new members , and genuinely embraced its ideals of economic equality and mutual aid.2 It was in Rochdale , on February 3 , 1872 , that James and ...
... meetings in their home , served on social and charitable committees , re- cruited new members , and genuinely embraced its ideals of economic equality and mutual aid.2 It was in Rochdale , on February 3 , 1872 , that James and ...
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... meeting of the Clan Fraser , part of the National Order of Scottish Clans.23 The Meiklejohns were among the first to join Paw- tucket's Clan Fraser , which functioned for them as a substitute for the workers ' cooperative they had left ...
... meeting of the Clan Fraser , part of the National Order of Scottish Clans.23 The Meiklejohns were among the first to join Paw- tucket's Clan Fraser , which functioned for them as a substitute for the workers ' cooperative they had left ...
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... meeting of the American Philosophical As- sociation in New York. James E. Creighton, a philosopher from Brown who had recently joined the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell, presided.2 Others in attendance included William James and ...
... meeting of the American Philosophical As- sociation in New York. James E. Creighton, a philosopher from Brown who had recently joined the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell, presided.2 Others in attendance included William James and ...
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... meeting. To prove his commitment to the principles of self-government, he shed his role as dean and attended the meeting as if he were just another student. When he arrived, he faced a clamorous and hostile majority. He 47 “College ...
... meeting. To prove his commitment to the principles of self-government, he shed his role as dean and attended the meeting as if he were just another student. When he arrived, he faced a clamorous and hostile majority. He 47 “College ...
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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