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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... philosopher - kings in order to culti- vate a sense of freedom in their students . To teach democracy , Meiklejohn ... philosophical reflection . Taking his cue from the ancient idealism of Plato and , more , from the late eighteenth ...
... philosopher - kings in order to culti- vate a sense of freedom in their students . To teach democracy , Meiklejohn ... philosophical reflection . Taking his cue from the ancient idealism of Plato and , more , from the late eighteenth ...
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... philosophy was his conviction that democracy rested on the basic rea- sonability of humankind and, moreover, on the ... philosophers and historians of education, eager to ad- dress the pedagogical and curricular implications of ...
... philosophy was his conviction that democracy rested on the basic rea- sonability of humankind and, moreover, on the ... philosophers and historians of education, eager to ad- dress the pedagogical and curricular implications of ...
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... philosophy , a germinating sense of what democratic self - government might entail . His support for prohibition exhibited not only the moral self - confidence that characterized the anti - alcohol move- ment and its predominantly Anglo ...
... philosophy , a germinating sense of what democratic self - government might entail . His support for prohibition exhibited not only the moral self - confidence that characterized the anti - alcohol move- ment and its predominantly Anglo ...
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... philosophy and political economy in Germany . After a year's call to ministry in Beverly , Massachusetts , and a four - year term as president of Denison University in Ohio , he had returned to his alma mater as a professor of history ...
... philosophy and political economy in Germany . After a year's call to ministry in Beverly , Massachusetts , and a four - year term as president of Denison University in Ohio , he had returned to his alma mater as a professor of history ...
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... philosophy . In 1892 , Brown's philosophy department added James Seth , a thirty - two - year - old Scotsman from Edinburgh who became professor of ethics and meta- physics.44 Andrews , Delabarre , and Seth provided the model for Meikle ...
... philosophy . In 1892 , Brown's philosophy department added James Seth , a thirty - two - year - old Scotsman from Edinburgh who became professor of ethics and meta- physics.44 Andrews , Delabarre , and Seth provided the model for Meikle ...
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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