A Light in Dark Times : : The New School for Social Research and Its University in Exile / / Judith Friedlander.
The New School for Social Research opened in 1919 as an act of protest. Founded in the name of academic freedom, it quickly emerged as a pioneer in adult education-providing what its first president, Alvin Johnson, liked to call "the continuing education of the educated." By the mid-1920s,...
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Prologue: In the Archives
- PART I: A SCHOOL OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
- 1. The First Founding Moment
- 2. Alvin Johnson and The New Republic
- 3. Columbia University
- 4. The Idea Takes Shape
- 5. The New School Opens
- 6. Alvin Johnson Takes Over
- PART II: THE UNIVERSITIES IN EXILE
- 7. The Founding of the German University in Exile
- 8. The University in Exile Opens
- 9. Ring the Alarm
- 10. Ecole Libre des Hautes Etudes
- PART III: THE MIDDLE YEARS
- 11. Alvin Johnson Retires
- 12. The Red Scare
- 13. The Orozco Mural
- 14. "The New School Really Isn't News Any Longer"
- 15. "Save the School"
- PART IV: "BETWEEN PAST AND FUTURE"
- 16. The "New" New School
- 17. Three Doctoral Programs at Risk
- PART V: RENEWING THE LEGACY
- 18. Rebuilding the Graduate Faculty
- 19. Rekindling the Spirit
- Epilogue: Extending the Legacy
- Appendix A: Extended Notes and Commentary for Chapter 6
- Appendix B: Extended Notes and Commentary for Chapter 7
- Appendix C: Extended Notes and Commentary for Chapter 9
- Appendix D: Extended Notes and Commentary for Chapter 18
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index