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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... Social Stud- ies , adviser to St. John's College in Annapolis , delegate to UNESCO , and prominent interpreter of the First Amendment , Alexander Meiklejohn made a profound and meaningful contribution to the theory and practice of ...
... Social Stud- ies , adviser to St. John's College in Annapolis , delegate to UNESCO , and prominent interpreter of the First Amendment , Alexander Meiklejohn made a profound and meaningful contribution to the theory and practice of ...
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... social reform. In the process, they have rediscovered the paradox inherent in the phrase teaching freedom. How, they ask, is it possible to teach people to be free without compromising their subjective autonomy or their cultural in ...
... social reform. In the process, they have rediscovered the paradox inherent in the phrase teaching freedom. How, they ask, is it possible to teach people to be free without compromising their subjective autonomy or their cultural in ...
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... social and domestic condi- tions of its members , ” and so it did.1 Collecting one pound per year from each member , the cooperative was able to open a wholesale store , build modest homes for workers and their families , and hire those ...
... social and domestic condi- tions of its members , ” and so it did.1 Collecting one pound per year from each member , the cooperative was able to open a wholesale store , build modest homes for workers and their families , and hire those ...
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... 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 Elizabeth's eighth son , Alexander , was ...
... 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 Elizabeth's eighth son , Alexander , was ...
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... social and economic aid society but also a moral, political, and intellectual commu- nity. As its charter stated, the cooperative constituted a “self-supporting home-colony of united interests,” and, though these values might have es ...
... social and economic aid society but also a moral, political, and intellectual commu- nity. As its charter stated, the cooperative constituted a “self-supporting home-colony of united interests,” and, though these values might have es ...
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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