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The crisis in university education has been the subject of vigorous debate in recent years. In this eloquent and deeply personal book, a distinguished scholar reflects on the character and aims of the university, assessing its guiding principles, its practical functions, and its role in society. Jaroslav Pelikan provides a unique perspective on the university today by reexamining it in light of John Henry Cardinal Newman's 150-year-old classic The Idea of a University and showing how Cardinal Newman's ideas both illuminate and differ from current problems facing higher education. Pelikan begins by affirming the validity of Newman's first principle: that knowledge must be an end in itself. He goes on to make the case for the inseparability of research and teaching on both intellectual and practical grounds, stressing the virtues--free inquiry, scholarly honesty, civility in discourse, toleration of diverse beliefs and values, and trust in rationality and public verifiability--that must be practiced and taught by the university. He discusses the business of the university--the advancement of knowledge through research, the extension and interpretation of knowledge through undergraduate and graduate teaching, the preservation of knowledge in libraries, museums, and galleries, and the diffusion of knowledge through scholarly publishing. And he argues that by performing these tasks, by developing closer ties with other schools at all levels, and by involving the community in lifelong education, the university will make its greatest contribution to society..
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This book is a thorough revision of the successful Assumptions of Social Psychology, first published in 1969. Reexamining the implicit and explicit assumptions concerning inquiry as to the nature of the human organism, it takes as its major thesis the idea that the epistemologies utilized by social psychologists -- encompassing behavioral, intentional, and historical analyses -- are complementary rather than contradictory. After examining key figures in the history of Western epistemology, such as Descartes, Vico, Hume, and Kant, contemporary issues such as the nature of causation, intentions, behavior, rhetoric, and hermeneutics are discussed. A major thesis is that the epistemologies utilized by social scientists encompassing behavioral, cognitive, and historical analyses are complimentary rather than contradictory. In order to demonstrate this, the historical underpinnings of social psychological epistemologies and an argument for the complimentarity of major social psychological theoretical approaches are developed. Most importantly, some of the possibilities for building explanation of social phenomena, which are alternatives to existing forms of explanation, are discussed.
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Fred Beiser, renowned as one of the world's leading historians of German philosophy, presents a brilliant new study of Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), rehabilitating him as a philosopher worthy of serious attention. Beiser shows, in particular, that Schiller's engagement with Kant is far more subtle and rewarding than is often portrayed. Promising to be a landmark in the study of German thought, Schiller as Philosopher will be compulsory reading for any philosopher, historian, or literary scholar engaged with the key developments of this fertile period..
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The work of American pragmatist George Herbert Mead (1863-1931) had a strong influence in fields ranging from metaphysics and ethics to sociology and social psychology. In this book, Hans Joas interweaves Mead's political and intellectual biography with the development of his theories. The key concept of the study is "practical intersubjectivity," a term Joas introduces to characterize the link implicit in Mead's work between a theory of intersubjectivity and a theory of praxis. Throughout the book, Joas stresses the practical, social, and political nature of Mead's work. Besides comparing Mead to the other American pragmatists, Joas discusses the relation between Mead's thought and that of such Europeans as Habermas, Apel, Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, and Piaget.

Joas's revisionist portrait of Mead as a socially engaged intellectual, with its emphasis on his relevance for contemporary philosophy and social science, has been a key factor in the revival of interest in Mead. The author's new preface includes an update on pragmatism studies in general and on Mead studies in particular..
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This important text: -- Reclaims the importance of teachers being seen as intelligent, capable, central, and committed to children's growth -- Confronts the issue of equity for all students -- Offers an original approach to the question of morality in education..
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As America watches, with amazement and no small amount of pride, the first-ever presidential campaign featuring a black American as the presumptive nominee of a major political party, a new book examines the ideas and relevance of a leading black American from an earlier time.

Booker T. Washington: A Re-Examination finds Washington s life, accomplishments, and writings to be more important than ever in pointing the way to racial harmony and greater economic and social success for black Americans.

Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915) was often derided during the 1960s and 1970s because his ideas contradicted the fashionable Progressivism that posited government solutions for all economic and social problems. Yet Washington s ideas were important during his time, and they re even more relevant today, precisely because the United States failed to listen to him during the intervening decades.

By founding and building Tuskegee Institute and other endeavors, Washington worked in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to strengthen black entrepreneurship, labor skills, personal responsibility, and families. He accepted charitable contributions from white philanthropists, but his efforts were focused on equipping blacks to help themselves and succeed in the world as it was: self-reliance.

Heartland Institute Senior Fellow Lee H. Walker has long been an eloquent and passionate advocate of Booker T. Washington s life and ideas. In June 2006 he convened a three-day symposium in Chicago to examine the great thinker s life, legacy, and philosophy. Twenty-two speakers participated, representing a wide variety of views, in the biggest gathering of academics and activists to discuss Booker T. Washington s agenda in a quarter-century.

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