Jay Martin

Broschiertes Buch

The Education of John Dewey

A Biography

Beschreibung

Based on original sources, notably the vast collection of unpublished papers in the Center for Dewey Studies, this book tells the full story of the life and times of the eminent American philosopher, pragmatist, education reformer, and man of letters.

Autor

Jay Martin has written and edited twenty-one books, including authoritative biographies of Nathanael West, Henry Miller and Conrad Aiken; the standard history of American literature 1865-1914; a key psychoanalytic work on "fictive personality"; and autobiographical novels about the U.S.S.R. and the time he spent as a Buddhist monk in China. Formerly Leo S. Bing Professor of English at the University of Southern California, he is currently Edward S. Gould Professor of Humanities, former director of the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies of the Modern World, professor of government, and founder of the Questions of Civilization Program at Claremont McKenna College. He lives in Claremont, CA.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 152mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 872g
• ISBN-13: 9780231216647
• ISBN-10: 0231216645
• Artikelnr.: 70142420