Education and Democracy: The Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn, 1872–1964
by Adam R. Nelson
University of Wisconsin Press, 2001 eISBN: 978-0-299-17143-8 | Paper: 978-0-299-17144-5 | Cloth: 978-0-299-17140-7 Library of Congress Classification LB875.M332N45 2001 Dewey Decimal Classification 370.92
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
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?
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Adam R. Nelson is associate professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is author of The Elusive Ideal: Equal Educational Opportunity and the Federal Role in Boston’s Public Schools, 1950–1985.
REVIEWS
“Meiklejohn . . . experimented throughout his life with teaching curriculum and institutional organization in an effort to create educational programs that inspired people to create democratic societies. . . . Nelson has done a great service to Meiklejohn’s memory by capturing student voices and allowing them to evoke Meiklejohn at his best—as a teacher and scholar of ethics and democracy.”—Mary Ann Dzuback, Journal of American History
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Illustrations
Preface: Meiklejohn, Socrates, and the Paradox of Democratic Education
Acknowledgments
Providence, 1872-1911
1. “A Voyage across the Atlantic” and “Kant’s Ethics,” 1872-1899
2. “College Education and the Moral Ideal,” 1900-1911
Amherst, 1912-1924
3. “The College as Critic,” 1912-1919
4. “To Whom Are We Responsible?” 1920-1924
Madison, 1925-1932
5. “A New College with a New Idea,” 1925-1928
6. “A Most Lamentable Comedy,” 1929-1932
Berkeley, 1933-1947
7. “Adult Education: A Fresh Start,” 1933-1940
8. “A Reply to John Dewey,” 1941-1947
Berkeley, 1948-1964
9. “What Does the First Amendment Mean?” 1948-1954
10. “The Faith of a Free Man,” 1955-1964
Afterword: Education and the Democratic Ideal—The Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn
Notes
Bibliography and Suggestions for Further Reading
Index
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Education and Democracy: The Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn, 1872–1964
by Adam R. Nelson
University of Wisconsin Press, 2001 eISBN: 978-0-299-17143-8 Paper: 978-0-299-17144-5 Cloth: 978-0-299-17140-7
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?
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Adam R. Nelson is associate professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is author of The Elusive Ideal: Equal Educational Opportunity and the Federal Role in Boston’s Public Schools, 1950–1985.
REVIEWS
“Meiklejohn . . . experimented throughout his life with teaching curriculum and institutional organization in an effort to create educational programs that inspired people to create democratic societies. . . . Nelson has done a great service to Meiklejohn’s memory by capturing student voices and allowing them to evoke Meiklejohn at his best—as a teacher and scholar of ethics and democracy.”—Mary Ann Dzuback, Journal of American History
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Illustrations
Preface: Meiklejohn, Socrates, and the Paradox of Democratic Education
Acknowledgments
Providence, 1872-1911
1. “A Voyage across the Atlantic” and “Kant’s Ethics,” 1872-1899
2. “College Education and the Moral Ideal,” 1900-1911
Amherst, 1912-1924
3. “The College as Critic,” 1912-1919
4. “To Whom Are We Responsible?” 1920-1924
Madison, 1925-1932
5. “A New College with a New Idea,” 1925-1928
6. “A Most Lamentable Comedy,” 1929-1932
Berkeley, 1933-1947
7. “Adult Education: A Fresh Start,” 1933-1940
8. “A Reply to John Dewey,” 1941-1947
Berkeley, 1948-1964
9. “What Does the First Amendment Mean?” 1948-1954
10. “The Faith of a Free Man,” 1955-1964
Afterword: Education and the Democratic Ideal—The Meaning of Alexander Meiklejohn
Notes
Bibliography and Suggestions for Further Reading
Index
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