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Democracy in the Making: The Open Forum Lecture Movement de Arthur S. Meyers

Democracy in the Making: The Open Forum Lecture Movement

Autor Arthur S. Meyers
en Limba Engleză Paperback – apr 2015
In 1908, a remarkable direction in community learning began in Boston and spread across the country, becoming the Open Forum lecture movement. These locally planned, trans-denominational lectures, followed by periods for questions, were characterized as "the striking of mind upon mind."
This study recovers the movement and shows what can be applied to our time. George W. Coleman brought a deep commitment to free speech in developing the Forum and Mary Caroline Crawford was essential in implementing it.

Understanding this initiative broadens our awareness of personal and community courage and democratic planning. We can regain this informed, reflective, respectful approach, and achieve an America "to be"-a democracy in the making.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780761865537
ISBN-10: 0761865535
Pagini: 190
Dimensiuni: 154 x 223 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția University Press of America
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Perspectives The most marvelous program that ever existed
Chapter 2. Beginning We have plans laid already
Chapter 3. Structure Helping to mould the Boston of the future
Chapter 4. Terre Haute The striking of mind upon mind
Chapter 5. Hammond A sturdy core of thinking, fact seeking citizens
Chapter 6. Du Bois You have given me new strength and vision
Chapter 7. Looking Ahead An America To Be
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Recenzii

Meyers' original and exciting investigation [and] deft, nuanced analysis....thoroughly explores the movement's strengths and weaknesses, providing insights that will be valuable to historians-and to all who seek to develop inclusive solutions to social problems.
.[A] clearly-drawn narrative..connect[ing] this non-sectarian, semi-secular movement to the Chautauqua and Lyceum movements of earlier generations.
I recommend this book highly for students of adult education and for public officials and civic leaders who want a model of public discourse for civil conversation in a time of polarization.
.A valuable resource.useful not only because it revives this history but also because it illustrates how the past can help to inform the present. The National Issues Forums are certainly a close descendant of this important movement.
.Meyers does more than simply reintroduce an important piece of our civic past; he also presents us with a model for rejuvenating contemporary public life.
This vivid new window brings forward Mary Caroline Crawford, a woman who shaped progressive public discourse.