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Democracy in the Making: The Open Forum Lecture Movement

Democracy in the Making: The Open Forum Lecture Movement


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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.

Table of Contents:
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 Bibliography

About the Author :
Arthur S. Meyers, director of Russell Library in Middletown, Connecticut, has been researching and writing about the Open Forum movement for more than two decades.

Review :
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.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780761865537
  • Publisher: University Press of America
  • Publisher Imprint: University Press of America
  • Height: 223 mm
  • No of Pages: 190
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Weight: 317 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0761865535
  • Publisher Date: 01 Apr 2015
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: The Open Forum Lecture Movement
  • Width: 154 mm


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