Author: Univ of Pa,
Title: The Emergence of the Modern Mind.
Description: Philadelphia, Univ of Pennsylvania Press, (1958). VG in G DJ. What is the modern mind? Originally delivered as the Second Series of the Martin G. Brunbaugh Lectures in Education at the. Univ. of Pennsylvania offers illuminatng answers to this question by a biologist, an anthropologist, a philosopher, and a literary historian, each of whom gives approaches to the question in light of their own study and experience. Zukle points out that man is an animal but also unique in living at the same time in a biological and social world. Through populion genetics hereditary potentials of groups can be determined. Alpenfelt examines the relationship of the individual to society and finds tht the source of culture is the stuff of human experience, for no person originates his own culture. Edels states the increasing interest in Greek thought because Americans need solutions to modern problems. Perry Miller stresses the increasing influence of Thoreau over Emerson. Provocative statements of the beliefs and conclusions of four eminent educators who have a great deal to say about what the modern mind has inherited from the past. Owner inscription on front endpaper, DJ tanned on edges.

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