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C. E. M. Joad (1891–1953)

Autor/a de Guide to philosophy

60+ obres 589 Membres 6 Ressenyes 1 preferits

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Obres de C. E. M. Joad

Guide to philosophy (1936) 153 exemplars
Philosophy (1944) 68 exemplars
Guide to Modern Thought (1807) 29 exemplars
God and evil (1943) 21 exemplars
The Recovery of Belief (1951) 19 exemplars
The English Counties Illustrated (1948) — Advisory Editor — 18 exemplars
Pieces of Mind (1943) 14 exemplars
Philosophy for our times (1940) 14 exemplars
Why war? (Penguin special) (1939) 8 exemplars
Guide to modern wickedness (1939) 7 exemplars
Liberty to-day (1938) 5 exemplars
How our minds work 5 exemplars
The future of morals (1946) 4 exemplars
Shaw (1949) 3 exemplars
The bookmark; 3 exemplars
The story of civilization (1931) 3 exemplars
The testament of Joad (1944) 3 exemplars
Matter Life And Value (2011) 3 exemplars
A Guide to Modern Thought (2010) 2 exemplars
About education, (1945) 2 exemplars
Returning to the Church (1984) 2 exemplars
UNDER THE FIFTH RIB (1933) 2 exemplars
Opinions 1 exemplars
... More opinions 1 exemplars
The Highbrows: A Modern Novel (1922) 1 exemplars
Modern Political Theory (1927) 1 exemplars
For civilization 1 exemplars
The Babbitt Warren (1927) 1 exemplars
The Pleasure Of Being Oneself (2018) 1 exemplars
Journey through the War Mind (1940) 1 exemplars

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Churchill: By His Contemporaries (1953) — Col·laborador — 72 exemplars

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Nom oficial
Joad, Cyril Edwin Mitchinson
Data de naixement
1891-08-12
Data de defunció
1953-04-09
Lloc d'enterrament
St. Johns-at-Hampstead Church, London, England, UK
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
UK
País (per posar en el mapa)
England, UK
Lloc de naixement
Durham, County Durham, England, UK
Lloc de defunció
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Llocs de residència
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Westhumble, Dorking, Surrey, UK
Tiverton, Devon, England, UK
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Snowdonia, Wales
Educació
Lynam's Preparatory School
University of Oxford (Balliol College)
Blundell's School, Tiverton, England, UK
Professions
philosopher
broadcaster
Organitzacions
University of London
New Party (Director of Propaganda)
British Broadcasting Corporation
Biografia breu
Cyril Edwin Mitchinson Joad (12 August 1891 – 9 April 1953) was an English philosopher and broadcasting personality. He is most famous for his appearance on The Brains Trust, an extremely popular BBC Radio wartime discussion programme. He managed to popularise philosophy and became a celebrity, before his downfall in the Train Ticket Scandal of 1948, when he was caught travelling without a ticket having boasted "I cheat the train companies whenever I can", was fined and dismissed from the BBC.

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laplantelibrary | Dec 10, 2021 |
Each chapter by a different author about each county of England. Odd and yet fascinating at the same time. With a few black and white photos for the Illustrated part. I did miss out on a certain amount by no being English but I also learned a tremendous amount. The perspective of being written just at the end of WWII was also interesting, I wonder how a book like this would be written now.
 
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amyem58 | Jul 16, 2014 |
This is a strange book, written by a once well known English philosopher and broadcaster. It is difficult to describe succinctly what it is actually about, so I will quote part of the introduction:
"The following book does not conform to any well-established mode. It is not a collection of essays; it does not present, except by implication, a sustained thesis; it is not a book of impressions; it is not a history, philosophy, sociology, or politics, and it is not strictly speaking an autobiography."
However it is in places a book of impressions, history, philosophy, sociology, and politics, and autobiography. What this author seems to take most delight in is the very peculiarity of his tastes, opinions, beliefs, and behaviour, and describing these and upon them musing. This would in many cases make dull reading, if every author decided to write such a book, but Joad is sufficiently atypical to make it readable. Despite this, there is a lot of what he writes that his readers will agree with, he has a great love of the countryside, an interest in science, and was a professional philosopher. Not that he was an original philosopher, and this he regularly acknowledges. But what he can do is to encourage thought, and discuss interesting matters. There is also plenty in this book that could potentially annoy people: misogyny, belief in paranormal, luddism, and poor understanding of evolutionary theory. But this is nevertheless entertaining.
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Membres
589
Popularitat
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Valoració
½ 3.6
Ressenyes
6
ISBN
48
Llengües
2
Preferit
1

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