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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... speeches. Of all these activities, Meiklejohn argued, speechmaking was “by far the most sensible and instructive,” because it brought diverse citizens together into “one immense debating society” and enabled them to consider the ...
... speeches. Of all these activities, Meiklejohn argued, speechmaking was “by far the most sensible and instructive,” because it brought diverse citizens together into “one immense debating society” and enabled them to consider the ...
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... speech hinted at the development of a nascent political 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 ...
... speech hinted at the development of a nascent political 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 ...
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... speech marked what could only be called an intellectual and educational epiphany. Scott Buchanan, a student who later became one of Meiklejohn's closest friends and a prominent educator in his own right, remembered the exciting address ...
... speech marked what could only be called an intellectual and educational epiphany. Scott Buchanan, a student who later became one of Meiklejohn's closest friends and a prominent educator in his own right, remembered the exciting address ...
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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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