Opening book details…
Can I read Radical visions : Stringfellow Barr, Scott Buchanan, and their efforts on behalf of education and politics in the twentieth century on EtoBox?
Radical visions : Stringfellow Barr, Scott Buchanan, and their efforts on behalf of education and politics in the twentieth century by Charles Alexander Nelson is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Radical visions : Stringfellow Barr, Scott Buchanan, and their efforts on behalf of education and politics in the twentieth century about?
<p>Find a college teacher prepared to risk his career because he is convinced that undergraduate elective curricula must be abandoned and ready to lay out a detailed remedy. Add a partner in full agreement, to share the risk. That is the improbable story of Stringfellow Barr and Scott Buchanan and their 1937 creation, at St. John's College of an all-required four-year curriculum based on the great books. Then add their shared convictions in attacking the Cold War, standing together for civil liberties and against McCarthyism. This story of personal courage is based on Nelson's knowledge and access to unpublished manuscripts and hundreds of letters.</p> <p>Nelson tells the story of a remarkable life-long friendship and collaboration. He describes the 1937 transformation of St. John's College in Annapolis, in which an all-required, four-year program of study built around the great books of the Western tradition, the study of languages, mathematics, and science replaced the conventional elective curriculum. The influences on other institutions, from Oxford's Balliol College to the University of Chicago are traced and related.</p> <p>Nelson examines the effort of the U.S. Navy, in the
Who reads Radical visions : Stringfellow Barr, Scott Buchanan, and their efforts on behalf of education and politics in the twentieth century?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Charles Alexander Nelson
- Publisher
- Westport, Conn.: Bergin & Garvey
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780897898041
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Education, History, Biography
- Rating
- 5 / 5 (2 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
More by Charles Alexander Nelson
Browse all works by Charles Alexander Nelson
Similar books
- Visions and Blueprints : Avant-garde Culture and Radical Politics in Early Twentieth-century Europe — Timms, Edward, Collier, Peter, 1939- (1988)
- Visions of the City : Utopianism, Power, and Politics in Twentieth-century Urbanism — Pinder, David (David John), 1970- (2005)
- Politics in the Twentieth Century. -- — Hans Morgenthau (1962)
- Protests and Visions : Peace Politics in Twentieth-century Britain — James Hinton (1989)
- Government and Politics in the Twentieth Century — Gwendolen M. Carter and John H. Herz (1961)
- Millennial Visions : Essays on Twentieth-century Millenarianism — Martha F Lee; NetLibrary, Inc (2000)