Idealism and Liberal Education

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Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472023837
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Book Synopsis Idealism and Liberal Education by : James O. Freedman

Download or read book Idealism and Liberal Education written by James O. Freedman and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-05-06 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With refreshing eloquence, James O. Freedman sets down the American ideals that have informed his life as an intellectual, a law professor, and a college and university president. He examines the content and character of liberal education, discusses the importance of letters and learning in forming his own life and values, and explores how the lessons and the habits of mind instilled by a liberal education can give direction and meaning to one's life. He offers a stirring defense of affirmative action in higher education. And he describes how, in the midst of undergoing chemotherapy for cancer, liberal education helped him in that most human of desires--the yearning to make order and sense out of his experience. Part intellectual biography and part examination of the world of higher education, Idealism and Liberal Education is a quintessentially American book, animated by a confidence that reason, knowledge, idealism, and the better angels of our natures will further human progress. Freedman offers, as models for shaping one's life, profiles of some of his heroes--Thurgood Marshall, Alexander M. Bickel, Václav Havel, Louis D. Brandeis, Felix Frankfurter, Hugo L. Black, Flannery O'Connor, Eudora Welty, George Orwell, Edmund Wilson, Martin Luther King, Jr., George F. Kennan, Ralph J. Bunche, and Harry S Truman. This volume speaks to all Americans who are drawn to the power of liberal education and democratic citizenship and who yearn for the inspiration to lead thoughtful, committed lives. "This thought-provoking book should be required reading for young people entering college and for the people who advise them. Freedman explores the purpose and importance of a liberal education in shaping values, character, and imagination and convincingly argues for the need for the wisdom and perspective it provides, whatever one's chosen field."--Marian Wright Edelman, President, Children's Defense Fund "In this wide-ranging series of essays, Freedman reveals himself again as one of America's most erudite, articulate, and reflective university presidents. Students, parents, fellow presidents, and all who love learning will find something in these pages to ponder with profit."--Derek Bok, Former President, Harvard University Idealism and Liberal Education is an inspiring intellectual diary of James O. Freedman. . . . It is a forceful affirmation of liberal education as a social and cultural force in shaping the minds and characters of our youth as future citizens and leaders of our democracy. It is a tribute to the joy of learning."--Vartan Gregorian, President, Brown University "Beautifully written and a pleasure to read. At a time when the idea of the liberal university is under attack from all sides, Freedman has given a wondrous personal reaffirmation of its place in our lives."--David Halberstam James O. Freedman is President of Dartmouth College.

Beyond the University

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Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300206550
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Beyond the University by : Michael S. Roth

Download or read book Beyond the University written by Michael S. Roth and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-28 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contentious debates over the benefits—or drawbacks—of a liberal education are as old as America itself. From Benjamin Franklin to the Internet pundits, critics of higher education have attacked its irrelevance and elitism—often calling for more vocational instruction. Thomas Jefferson, by contrast, believed that nurturing a student’s capacity for lifelong learning was useful for science and commerce while also being essential for democracy. In this provocative contribution to the disputes, university president Michael S. Roth focuses on important moments and seminal thinkers in America’s long-running argument over vocational vs. liberal education. Conflicting streams of thought flow through American intellectual history: W. E. B. DuBois’s humanistic principles of pedagogy for newly emancipated slaves developed in opposition to Booker T. Washington’s educational utilitarianism, for example. Jane Addams’s emphasis on the cultivation of empathy and John Dewey’s calls for education as civic engagement were rejected as impractical by those who aimed to train students for particular economic tasks. Roth explores these arguments (and more), considers the state of higher education today, and concludes with a stirring plea for the kind of education that has, since the founding of the nation, cultivated individual freedom, promulgated civic virtue, and instilled hope for the future.

Liberal Education and the Public Interest

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Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 9781587293771
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (937 download)

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Book Synopsis Liberal Education and the Public Interest by : James O. Freedman

Download or read book Liberal Education and the Public Interest written by James O. Freedman and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1996 James Freedman published Idealism and Liberal Education, which discussed the ideals that shaped his life as an intellectual, a law professor, and a college and university president. In this new collection of essays, he convincingly explores his firm belief that a liberal education is the “surest instrument yet devised for developing those civilizing qualities of mind and character that enable men and women to lead satisfying lives and to make significant contributions to a democratic society.” Freedman concentrates directly upon the problems facing university presidents and all university administrators. A passionate and beautifully written argument for the benefits of a liberal education, this book

Essence of an Idealist

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Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 9781477264430
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (644 download)

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Book Synopsis Essence of an Idealist by : John P. Roach Jr.

Download or read book Essence of an Idealist written by John P. Roach Jr. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ESSENCE of an IDEALIST ESSENCE, From the French word, esse, to be. To exist. If we exist we have essence. When we exist we have choices to make from the very moment we recognize our own existence. This book is about a person who chose to be an idealist, a person who set goals for himself at a very early age and achieved most of them without the need for money. Do not think it is easy to be an idealist? Certainly not in my case, those around you continually remind you to be more practical and advise you, that your goals are neither realistic nor pragmatic. Do idealists fail? Of course they do and some quit to blend in with everyone else. Others recognize their own failure, change direction and try again, and again until they succeed. This book is true account of the authors quest to find his purpose in life. A quest that contains so many failures and so many successes that one questions the trials of an idealist. We tend to categorize idealists as crazy Don Quixote types, charging at windmills to protect the chastity of his Dulcinea. When in fact, the true romantic recognizes, that both author, Cervantes and Don Quixote, appearing as an old chivalrous knight in rusty armor truly understood the power of love. The idealist in this true story seeks adventure at a very early age and even though he finds it, he never stops seeking more challenging adventures. The same is true for success. Success so often is measured in dollars as so aptly put in Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. By mid-life this author has become a millionaire and questions the materialistic rewards of success. He concludes that the accumulation of dollars and materialism are not the answer to happiness, for that which you own, owns you. Should success then be re-defined.? Perhaps. Success could be defined as happiness and only the happiness, within you. If you are truly happy, you are successful. This quest contains both successes and failures to find a purpose in life. Im writing this while maturing in age and knowledge, and if my life ends tomorrow it shall be said by my friends that I sought adventure, success, happiness and love and you can judge for yourself whether or not I found it.

Liberal Education and the Public Interest

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Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1587294222
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (872 download)

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Book Synopsis Liberal Education and the Public Interest by : James O. Freedman

Download or read book Liberal Education and the Public Interest written by James O. Freedman and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1996 James Freedman published Idealism and Liberal Education, which discussed the ideals that shaped his life as an intellectual, a law professor, and a college and university president. In this new collection of essays, he convincingly explores his firm belief that a liberal education is the “surest instrument yet devised for developing those civilizing qualities of mind and character that enable men and women to lead satisfying lives and to make significant contributions to a democratic society.” Freedman concentrates directly upon the problems facing university presidents and all university administrators. A passionate and beautifully written argument for the benefits of a liberal education, this book

A Liberal Education

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009424742
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (94 download)

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Book Synopsis A Liberal Education by : Brendan Apfeld

Download or read book A Liberal Education written by Brendan Apfeld and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-12-31 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enlisting a natural experiment, global surveys, and historical data, this book examines the university's evolution and its contemporary impact. Its authors conduct an unprecedented big-data comparative study of the consequences of higher education on ideology, democratic citizenship, and more. They conclude that university education has a profound effect on social and political attitudes across the world, greater than that registered by social class, gender, or age. A university education enhances political trust and participation, reduces propensities to crime and corruption, and builds support for democracy. It generates more tolerant attitudes toward social deviance, enhances respect for rationalist inquiry and scientific authority, and usually encourages support for Leftist parties and movements. It does not nurture support for taxation, redistribution, or the welfare state, and may stimulate opposition to these policies. These effects are summarized by the co-authors as liberal, understood in its classic, nineteenth-century meaning.

The Demands of Liberal Education

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198295448
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (982 download)

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Book Synopsis The Demands of Liberal Education by : Meira Levinson

Download or read book The Demands of Liberal Education written by Meira Levinson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-09-23 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Demands of Liberal Education analyses and applies contemporary liberal political theory to certain key problems within the field of educational theory. Levinson examines problems centred around determining appropriate educational aims, content and institutional structure and argues that liberal governments should exercise a much greater control over education than they now do. Combining theoretical with empirical research, this book will interest and provoke scholars,policy makers, educators, parents, and all citizens interested in education politics.

Liberal Education and the Democratic Ideal

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
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Book Synopsis Liberal Education and the Democratic Ideal by : Alfred Whitney Griswold

Download or read book Liberal Education and the Democratic Ideal written by Alfred Whitney Griswold and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

International Library of the Philosophy of Education

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135169918
Total Pages : 4277 pages
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Book Synopsis International Library of the Philosophy of Education by : Charles Bailey

Download or read book International Library of the Philosophy of Education written by Charles Bailey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-09 with total page 4277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Library of the Philosophy of Education reprints twenty-four distinguished texts published in this field over the last half-century and includes works by authors such as Reginald D. Archambault, Charles Bailey, Robin Barrow, Norman J. Bull, D. E. Cooper, R. F. Dearden, Kieran Egan, D. W. Hamlyn, Paul H. Hirst, Glenn Langford, D. J. O'Connor, T. W. Moore, D. A. Nyberg, R. W. K. Paterson, R. S. Peters, Kenneth A Strike, I. A. Snook, John and Patricia White, and John Wilson. Themes discussed include: Liberal education, moral education, the aims of education, the education of teachers, adult & continuing education and the philosophical analysis of education.

The Future of Liberal Education

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317689798
Total Pages : 180 pages
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Book Synopsis The Future of Liberal Education by : Timothy W. Burns

Download or read book The Future of Liberal Education written by Timothy W. Burns and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liberal Education, once the whole of American Higher Education, has been displaced by technical training and career-oriented majors. But it has also suffered from the decline in genuine liberal learning found in humanities disciplines, owing to specialization, politicization, and the adoption of new literary and psychological theories. The social sciences, too, have arguably abandoned the kind of relentless and sometimes disturbing questioning that used to constitute the core of education. In this compelling volume, thirteen college educators describe in sparkling prose what liberal education is, its place in a liberal democracy, the very serious challenges it faces in the 21st century—even from some of its alleged friends—and why it is important to sustain and expand liberal education’s place in American colleges and universities. Proponents and critics of liberal education alike will benefit from these insightful essays. This book was originally published as a special issue of Perspectives on Political Science.

The Uses of a Liberal Education, and Other Talks to Students

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Book Synopsis The Uses of a Liberal Education, and Other Talks to Students by : Brand Blanshard

Download or read book The Uses of a Liberal Education, and Other Talks to Students written by Brand Blanshard and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The School of Freedom

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Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1845404181
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)

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Book Synopsis The School of Freedom by : Anthony O'Hear

Download or read book The School of Freedom written by Anthony O'Hear and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liberal education is not a theory. It is the tradition by which Western civilisation has preserved and enriched its inheritance for two and a half thousand years. Yet liberal education is a term that has fallen from use in Britain, its traditional meaning now freely confused with its opposite. This book is intended to correct that misapprehension, through the presentation of original source material from the high points in the liberal education tradition with particular focus on the British experience. Section 1: Origins (c. 450 BC to c. 450 AD) Section 2: The British Tradition (c. 750 to 1950) Section 3: After Tradition (1950 onward) Section 4: Liberal Education Redux (America)

Liberal Arts and Sciences

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Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1490737006
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (97 download)

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Book Synopsis Liberal Arts and Sciences by : Christopher A. Ulloa Chaves ED.D.

Download or read book Liberal Arts and Sciences written by Christopher A. Ulloa Chaves ED.D. and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-28 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Liberal Arts and Sciences ... should be read by those persons who wish to seek a higher level of critical, compassionate, and creative thinking, It is well-written, insightful, and is a fascinating examination of education...and significant traits such as honesty, creativity, ethical behavior, and wisdom—concepts that are sorely needed in today’s global world.” -US Review of Books Nominated for the American Association of Colleges & University's 2015 Frederic W. Ness Book Award. Nominated for the 2015 Eric Hoffer Book Award. “This book will help individuals become more open, courageous, and willing to engage in meaningful and constructive dialogue in their search for truth.” -Miriam Montano, undergraduate student in California This book will, first, move the reader through philosophy’s major conceptions as ideas that initiate and sustain educational and learning processes. The book will then provide an historical account of the key periods, development, and continuing contributions of the liberal arts enterprise. The book also includes three chapters on the application dimensions of the liberal arts model of higher learning, mainly its development of critical, creative, and ethical thinking competencies for effective citizenship and problem solving in the world.

The Education of an Idealist

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Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062820710
Total Pages : 805 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)

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Book Synopsis The Education of an Idealist by : Samantha Power

Download or read book The Education of an Idealist written by Samantha Power and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 805 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER An intimate, powerful, and galvanizing memoir by Pulitzer Prize winner, human rights advocate, and former US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power. Named one of the best books of the year: The New York Times • National Public Radio • Time • The Economist • The Washington Post • Vanity Fair • Christian Science Monitor • Publishers Weekly • Audible “Her highly personal and reflective memoir . . . is a must-read for anyone who cares about our role in a changing world.”—President Barack Obama Includes an updated afterword Tracing her distinctly American journey from immigrant to war correspondent to presidential Cabinet official, Samantha Power’s acclaimed memoir is a unique blend of suspenseful storytelling, vivid character portraits, and shrewd political insight. After her critiques of US foreign policy caught the eye of Senator Barack Obama, he invited her to work with him on Capitol Hill and then on his presidential campaign. When Obama won the presidency, Power went from being an activist outsider to serving as his human rights adviser and, in 2013, becoming the youngest-ever US Ambassador to the United Nations. Power transports us from her childhood in Dublin to the streets of war-torn Bosnia to the White House Situation Room and the world of high-stakes diplomacy, offering a compelling and deeply honest look at navigating the halls of power while trying to put one’s ideals into practice. Along the way, she lays bare the searing battles and defining moments of her life, shows how she juggled the demands of a 24/7 national security job with raising two young children, and makes the case for how we each can advance the cause of human dignity. This is an unforgettable account of the power of idealism—and of one person’s fierce determination to make a difference. “This is a wonderful book. […] The interweaving of Power’s personal story, family story, diplomatic history and moral arguments is executed seamlessly and with unblinking honesty.”—THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, The New York Times Book Review “Truly engrossing…A pleasure to read.”—RACHEL MADDOW “A beautiful memoir about the times we’re living in and the questions we must ask ourselves…I honestly couldn’t put it down.” —CHERYL STRAYED, author of Wild “Power’s compelling memoir provides critically important insights we should all understand as we face some of the most vexing issues of our time.” —BRYAN STEVENSON, author of Just Mercy

Liberal Democracy and Liberal Education

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Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498502474
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Book Synopsis Liberal Democracy and Liberal Education by : Daniel E. Cullen

Download or read book Liberal Democracy and Liberal Education written by Daniel E. Cullen and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-12-24 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this book reflect on the paradoxical relationship of liberal education and liberal democracy. Liberal education emphasizes knowledge for its own sake, detached from all instrumental purposes. It also aims at liberation from the manifold sources of unfreedom, including political sources. In this sense, liberal education is negative, questioning any and all constraints on the activity of mind. Liberal democracy, devoted to securing individual natural rights, purports to be the regime of liberty par excellence. Since both liberal education and liberal democracy aim to set individuals free, they would seem to be harmonious and mutually reinforcing. But there are reasons to doubt that liberal education can be the civic education liberal democracy needs. If liberal education is in tension with all instrumental purposes, how does it stand toward the goal of preparing the kind of citizens liberal democracy needs? The book’s contributors are critical of the way higher education typically interprets its responsibility for educating citizens, and they link those failures to academia’s neglect of certain founding principles of the American political tradition and of the traditional liberal arts ideal.

The History of European Liberalism

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 498 pages
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Book Synopsis The History of European Liberalism by : Guido De Ruggiero

Download or read book The History of European Liberalism written by Guido De Ruggiero and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Condition of American Liberal Education

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Publisher : College Board
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis The Condition of American Liberal Education by : Bruce A. Kimball

Download or read book The Condition of American Liberal Education written by Bruce A. Kimball and published by College Board. This book was released on 1995 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: