18 books like Democracy and Education

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Pointed Roofs. Pilgrimage Dorothy Richardson · 1915 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Pointed Roofs is the first installment in Dorothy M. Richardson’s Pilgrimage sequence of autobiographical novels. It is also one of the first novels identified with the modernist technique of stream of consciousness. Set in the early 1890s, Pointed Roofs centers on seventeen-year-old Miriam Henderson. After her family runs into financial troubles, Miriam is sent to Germany to teach English at a… Shares: Democracy, Education

Lay sermons, addresses, and reviews Thomas Henry Huxley · 1870 · 378p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Which describes some of the things which were said by Charles Darwin. Author became known as 'Darwin's bulldog' because of his forceful and energetic support for Darwin's theory, especially at the notorious British Association meeting in Oxford in 1860. In fact, Huxley had some reservations about aspects of the theory, especially the element of gradual, continuous progress, but in public he was… Shares: Education, Philosophy

Metodo della pedagogia scientifica Maria Montessori · 1912 · 377p · ≈ 12h · Challenging The Montessori Method (1912) is a work on pedagogy by Maria Montessori. Originally written in her native Italian to describe the work she carried out at the Casa dei Bambini in Rome, the book was translated into English during a period of increasing popularity for Montessori and her educational method in the United States. By 1913, over 100 Montessori schools had been opened in the United States,… Shares: Education, Philosophy

Dumbing Us Down John Taylor Gatto · 1991 · ★ 4.2 · 104p · ≈ 3h · Moderate "New 10th anniverary edition."--Cover. Shares: Education, Philosophy

Poems Matthew Arnold · 1853 · ★ 3.5 · 510p · ≈ 17h · Challenging Facsimile. Of O.U.P. 1909 Ed. Shares: Education, Philosophy

Reason, social myths and democracy Sidney Hook · 1940 · 302p · ≈ 10h · Challenging http://uf.catalog.fcla.edu/uf.jsp?st=UF001517100&ix=pm&I=0&V=D&pm=1 Shares: Democracy, Philosophy

Philosophy and living Olaf Stapledon · 1935 · ★ 3.4 This Excellent Collection brings together Stapledon's longer, major books and a fine selection of shorter pieces and Science-Fiction Books. This Books created and collected in Olaf Stapledon's Most important Works illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of the XX century - a man who elevated political writing to an art. William Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950) is one of the… Shares: Philosophy

The Black Swan Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 2005 · ★ 4.0 · 462p · ≈ 15h · Moderate From the critically acclaimed author of Fooled by Randomness, a book about the impact of improbable events on every aspect of life. Shares: Social aspects, Philosophy

To hell with culture, and other essays on art and society Herbert Edward Read · 1941 · ★ 3.6 · 193p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Shares: Democracy, Philosophy

Areopagitica John Milton · 1644 · ★ 3.8 · 73p · ≈ 2h · Demanding Areopagitica: A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England is John Milton's famous tract against censorship. Published in 1644, Areopagitica is named after a speech by Isocrates, a fifth century BC Athenian orator. The work is counted as one of the most influential and inspired defenses of the right to freedom of expression in history. It is also a personal issue… Shares: Education, Philosophy

The idea of a university John Henry Newman · 1873 · ★ 4.1 · 527p · ≈ 17h · Challenging A series of lectures about the purpose of Universities in society. Shares: Education, Philosophy

Emile or Education Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762 · ★ 2.8 · 410p · ≈ 13h · Demanding Rousseau wrote about the difficulty of being a good individual within an inherently corrupting collectivity: society. Emile deals specifically with education, and outlines a system which would allow for human goodness. He uses the fictional story of Emile and his tutor to outline his ideas. The book was banned and publicly burned on its publication, but became a European bestseller and provided a… Shares: Education, Philosophy

Cooked Michael Pollan · 2013 · ★ 4.1 · 475p · ≈ 15h · Moderate "Fire, water, air, earth--our most trusted food expert recounts the story of his culinary education In Cooked, Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements--fire, water, air, and earth--to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink. Apprenticing himself to a succession… Shares: Social aspects, Philosophy

Philosopher's Joke Jerome Klapka Jérôme · 1999 · 27p · ≈ 54m · Moderate Shares: Philosophy

Pedagogia do Oprimido Paulo Freire · 1967 · ★ 4.3 · 186p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "The methodology of the late Paulo Freire, once considered such a threat to the established order that he was "invited" to leave his native Brazil, has helped to empower countless impoverished and illiterate people throughout the world. Freire's work has taken on especial urgency in the United States and Western Europe, where the creation of permanent underclass among the underprivileged and… Shares: Education, Philosophy

Kant; a collection of critical essays Robert Paul Wolff · 1967 · ★ 3.5 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Moderate This book analyses and explains the central passage of Kant's philosophy, the "Transcendental Analytic" of the Critique of Pure Reason. It proceeds in the manner of a textual commentary, discussing and explaining each section of the Analytic in turn. The purpose, however, is not merely to comment chapter by chapter on what Kant has written, but rather to reorganise and interpret his argument so… Shares: Philosophy

Sesame and Lilies, three lectures John Ruskin · 1800 · ★ 4.4 · 226p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Shares: Education, Philosophy

The Age of A.I. Henry Kissinger · 2021 · ★ 3.4 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Three of the world’s most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human society—and what this technology means for us all. Generative AI is filling the internet with false information. Artists, writers, and many other professionals are in fear of their jobs. AI is discovering new medicines, running military drones, and… Shares: Social aspects, Philosophy

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