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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... governing citizens who constitute a democratic state. Yet, in a subtle twist, Socrates adds that the youth of a republic must never discover ... self-government. Only if the process of learning is hidden from the youth will they xii preface.
... governing citizens who constitute a democratic state. Yet, in a subtle twist, Socrates adds that the youth of a republic must never discover ... self-government. Only if the process of learning is hidden from the youth will they xii preface.
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... self-government might entail. His support for prohibition exhibited not only the moral self-confidence that characterized the anti-alcohol movement and its predominantly Anglo-Saxon, middle-class adherents but also the belief that ...
... self-government might entail. His support for prohibition exhibited not only the moral self-confidence that characterized the anti-alcohol movement and its predominantly Anglo-Saxon, middle-class adherents but also the belief that ...
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... self-government, even if students had to learn the ways of democracy before they could practice them on their own. Nothing tested Meiklejohn's faith in student self-government more than intercollegiate athletics. It was not difficult to ...
... self-government, even if students had to learn the ways of democracy before they could practice them on their own. Nothing tested Meiklejohn's faith in student self-government more than intercollegiate athletics. It was not difficult to ...
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... self-government could overcome the corruption and commercialization of intercollegiate sports. Meiklejohn could demonstrate his disgust with commercialized athletics by resigning his committee seat and publishing his views, but he still ...
... self-government could overcome the corruption and commercialization of intercollegiate sports. Meiklejohn could demonstrate his disgust with commercialized athletics by resigning his committee seat and publishing his views, but he still ...
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... rule. Then, in the fall of 1906, Meiklejohn carried student self-government to its logical conclusion by turning control of intercollegiate athletics completely over to the students. Almost immediately, they reversed their policy and ...
... rule. Then, in the fall of 1906, Meiklejohn carried student self-government to its logical conclusion by turning control of intercollegiate athletics completely over to the students. Almost immediately, they reversed their policy 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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