The Ways of the Will, by Leslie H. Farber by Edgar Z. Friedenberg I cannot recall when I last had the pleasure of reviewing a book which seemed to me to succeed perfectly…
Toward a Theory of Instruction, by Jerome S. Bruner by Edgar Z. Friedenberg "What must be plain in the preceding chapters," Professor Bruner observes toward the end of "Toward a Theory of Instruction,"…
One-Dimensional Man, by Herbert Marcuse by Edgar Z. Friedenberg Professor Marcuse's new work is a considerable contribution to our already extensive literature on the alienation of Western man.
The Conditions of Human Growth, by Jane Pearce and Saul Newton by Edgar Z. Friedenberg Peace and Newton have something important to say to anyone interested in how people become or fail to become as…
The Modern High School: A Profile by Edgar Z. Friedenberg A profile of the typical modern high school.
The Miseducation of American Teachers, by James D. Koerner by Edgar Z. Friedenberg Dr. Koerner's book is the latest, and quite possibly the best, in a long series of attacks on us educationists…
An Ideology of School Withdrawal by Edgar Z. Friedenberg Compulsory school attendance in the United States has been justified from the beginning as essential to democratic polity. So far…
Mental Health in the Metropolis, by Leo Srole et al. by Edgar Z. Friedenberg "THE MIDTOWN INVESTIGATION, beyond any question, was large in focus, goals, strategy, and operational scope," the senior author of this…
Neo-Freudianism & Erich Fromm by Edgar Z. Friedenberg OF ALL THE psychoanalytic theorists who have tried to formulate a system better suited than Freud's to problems of contemporary…
Boys in White: Student Culture in Medical School, by Howard S. Becker & Others by Edgar Z. Friedenberg BOYS IN WHITE is an exceptionally interesting sociological study of the highest technical quality. The authors have undertaken to study…
The Gifted Student and His Enemies by Edgar Z. Friedenberg ONE OF THE MOST heavily emphasized themes in current discussions of education in the United States is the search for…
The Children of Sanchez, by Oscar Lewis by Edgar Z. Friedenberg THIS BOOK is altogether superb. Professor Lewis does what he undertakes to do dra- matically yet unobtrusively, and with a…
