By Jonathan Croall
A. S. Neill used to be arguably the main recognized baby educator of the 20 th century. He was once definitely the main arguable. around the world, numerous mom and dad and lecturers were surprised, overjoyed or encouraged through his subversive rules approximately schooling, or by way of a trip to ‘that dreadful college’ which maintains to at the present time – Summerhill.
First released in 1983, this sympathetic yet serious exploration of his iconoclastic principles and character is the results of interviews with 200 ex-pupils, mom and dad and academics approximately lifestyles at Summerhill, and of the practicality of Neill’s philosophy approximately baby freedom. Jonathan Croall has additionally drawn on many unpublished letters and files, which support to light up Neill’s own struggles, and his research and friendship with Homer Lane, Wilhelm Stekel and Wilhelm Reich. the result's a desirable and revealing portrait of a awesome guy who, in his absolute decision to be ‘on the facet of the child’, remained in everlasting competition to the grownup world.
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