Jonathan Croall

Neill of Summerhill (Routledge Revivals)

The Permanent Rebel

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1983, this sympathetic but critical exploration of his iconoclastic ideas and personality is the result of interviews with two hundred ex-pupils, parents and teachers about life at Summerhill, and of the practicality of Neill's philosophy about child freedom. The result is a fascinating and revealing portrait of a remarkable man who, in his absolute determination to be 'on the side of the child', remained in permanent opposition to the adult world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 474
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 662g
• ISBN-13: 9780415835282
• ISBN-10: 0415835283
• Artikelnr.: 42768080

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Croall is the author of twenty books, including All the Best, Neill: Letters from Summerhill and The Parents' Day Schoolbook. A former features editor of the Times Educational Supplement, he is now a full-time writer and biographer specialising in theatre and film.

Inhaltsangabe

The Quest for Neill; Part I: The Road to Summerhill 1. The Problem Child 2.
Young Teacher 3. Journey to Fleet Street 4. A Dominie in Doubt 5. Homer
Lane 6. The New Era 7. The International School; Part II: Summerhill 8. A
School with a View 9. Pioneers and Parents 10. One of the Gang 11. Hearts
not Heads 12. Talking of Summerhill 13. The Politics of Freedom 14. Wilhelm
Reich 15. Disastrous Interlude 16. New Worlds? 17. The Problem Parent 18.
Friends in Need 19. Paradise Lost? 20. Summerhill USA 21. Too Much, Too
Late 22. The Message of Freedom 23. The Summerhill Child 24. Ending;
Acknowledgements; Sources; Bibliography and Further Reading; Index