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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... reasons for trying to avoid Socrates' surreptitious approach to teaching—not least his desire to avoid the seemingly “state-centered” implications of Platonic schooling. Yet, in Meiklejohn's view, Dewey's incessant calls for ...
... reasons for trying to avoid Socrates' surreptitious approach to teaching—not least his desire to avoid the seemingly “state-centered” implications of Platonic schooling. Yet, in Meiklejohn's view, Dewey's incessant calls for ...
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... reason. Essential to Meiklejohn's educational and political philosophy was his conviction that democracy rested on the basic rea- sonability of humankind and, moreover, on the moral authority of reason as an organizing principle for all ...
... reason. Essential to Meiklejohn's educational and political philosophy was his conviction that democracy rested on the basic rea- sonability of humankind and, moreover, on the moral authority of reason as an organizing principle for all ...
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The Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn, 1872–1964 Adam R. Nelson. dental reason , many find it easy to scoff at Meiklejohn's work . And yet , this biography suggests the need to study Meiklejohn not only critically but also sympathetically ...
The Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn, 1872–1964 Adam R. Nelson. dental reason , many find it easy to scoff at Meiklejohn's work . And yet , this biography suggests the need to study Meiklejohn not only critically but also sympathetically ...
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... reason , Meiklejohn noticed , native - born Americans rarely considered the positive qualities of foreigners . Since jingoists were “ too selfish to give the immigrants credit ” for the advantages they brought , he wrote , “ we , ” the ...
... reason , Meiklejohn noticed , native - born Americans rarely considered the positive qualities of foreigners . Since jingoists were “ too selfish to give the immigrants credit ” for the advantages they brought , he wrote , “ we , ” the ...
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... Reason , and then after 1888 , the centenary of his Critique of Practical Reason , the philoso- phy of Kant received increasing attention from scholars and lay people alike . Universities hosted lecture series on Kant , publishers ...
... Reason , and then after 1888 , the centenary of his Critique of Practical Reason , the philoso- phy of Kant received increasing attention from scholars and lay people alike . Universities hosted lecture series on Kant , publishers ...
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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