Henry Adams: The Middle Years

Carl Bode; Ernest Samuels

doi:10.2307/3721142

Henry Adams: The Middle Years

The Modern Language Review ◽

10.2307/3721142 ◽

1959 ◽

Vol 54 (4) ◽

pp. 601

Author(s):

Carl Bode ◽

Ernest Samuels

Keyword(s):

Henry Adams ◽

Middle Years

Henry Adams: The Middle Years

The American Historical Review ◽

10.2307/1846556 ◽

1966 ◽

Vol 71 (2) ◽

pp. 709

Author(s):

W. Stull Holt ◽

Ernest Samuels

Keyword(s):

Henry Adams ◽

Middle Years

Henry Adams: The Middle Years

The Mississippi Valley Historical Review ◽

10.2307/1891566 ◽

1959 ◽

Vol 46 (2) ◽

pp. 345

Author(s):

Charles A. Barker ◽

Ernest Samuels

Keyword(s):

Henry Adams ◽

Middle Years

Henry Adams: The Middle Years.

American Literature ◽

10.2307/2922571 ◽

1959 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 206

Author(s):

Perry Miller ◽

Ernest Samuels

Keyword(s):

Henry Adams ◽

Middle Years

Henry Adams: The Middle Years. By Ernest Samuels. (Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 1958. Pp. xiv, 514. $7.50.) and Henry Adams: The Major Phase. By Ernest Samuels. (Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 1964. Pp. xv, 687. $10.00.)

The American Historical Review ◽

10.1086/ahr/71.2.709 ◽

1966 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Keyword(s):

Harvard University ◽

Henry Adams ◽

Middle Years ◽

Major Phase

Henry Adams: The Middle Years.

American Quarterly ◽

10.2307/2710687 ◽

1959 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 197

Author(s):

Henry Wasser ◽

Ernest Samuels

Keyword(s):

Henry Adams ◽

Middle Years

Henry Adams: The Middle Years

The New England Quarterly ◽

10.2307/362217 ◽

1959 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 102

Author(s):

J. C. Levenson ◽

Ernest Samuels

Keyword(s):

Henry Adams ◽

Middle Years

The middle years (ages 5 to 12)

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e531362004-001 ◽

2000 ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Middle Years

R. P. Blackmur on Henry Adams

The Princeton University Library Chronicle ◽

10.2307/26402180 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 39 (2) ◽

pp. 63

Author(s):

MAKOWSKY

Keyword(s):

Henry Adams

Henry Adams in Washington

10.2307/j.ctv15d81xg ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

ORMOND SEAVEY

Keyword(s):

Henry Adams

Exiles from Eden

10.1093/oso/9780195073430.001.0001 ◽

1992 ◽

Author(s):

Mark R. Schwehn

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Max Weber ◽

Moral Character ◽

Richard Rorty ◽

Christian Spirituality ◽

Henry Adams ◽

Spiritual Community ◽

The Enlightenment ◽

Parker Palmer ◽

Allan Bloom

In this thoughtful and literate study, Schwehn argues that Max Weber and several of his contemporaries led higher education astray by stressing research--the making and transmitting of knowledge--at the expense of shaping moral character. Schwehn sees an urgent need for a change in orientation and calls for a "spiritually grounded education in and for thoughtfulness." The reforms he endorses would replace individualistic behavior, the "doing my own work" syndrome derived from the Enlightenment, with a communitarian ethic grounded in Judeo-Christian spirituality. Schwehn critiques philosophies of higher education he considers misguided, from Weber and Henry Adams to Derek Bok, Allan Bloom, and William G. Perry Jr. He draws out valid insights, always showing the theological underpinnings of the so-called secular thinkers. He emphasizes the importance of community, drawing on both the secular communitarian theory of Richard Rorty and that of the Christian theorist Parker Palmer. Finally, he outlines his own prescription for a classroom-centered spiritual community of scholars. Schwehn's study will interest all those concerned with higher education in America today: faculty, students, parents, alumni, administrators, trustees, and foundation officers.