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C. E. M. Joad (1891–1953)

Autor(a) de Guide to philosophy

60+ Works 589 Membros 6 Críticas 1 Favorited

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Obras por C. E. M. Joad

Guide to philosophy (1936) 153 exemplares
Philosophy (1944) 68 exemplares
Guide to Modern Thought (1807) 29 exemplares
God and evil (1943) 21 exemplares
The Recovery of Belief (1951) 19 exemplares
The English Counties Illustrated (1948) — Advisory Editor — 18 exemplares
Pieces of Mind (1943) 14 exemplares
Philosophy for our times (1940) 14 exemplares
Introduction To Modern Philosophy (1934) 11 exemplares
Why war? (Penguin special) (1939) 8 exemplares
Guide to modern wickedness (1939) 7 exemplares
Liberty to-day (1938) 5 exemplares
How our minds work 5 exemplares
The future of morals (1946) 4 exemplares
Shaw (1949) 3 exemplares
The bookmark; 3 exemplares
The story of civilization (1931) 3 exemplares
The testament of Joad (1944) 3 exemplares
Matter Life And Value (2011) 3 exemplares
A Guide to Modern Thought (2010) 2 exemplares
About education, (1945) 2 exemplares
Returning to the Church (1984) 2 exemplares
UNDER THE FIFTH RIB (1933) 2 exemplares
Common-sense theology 2 exemplares
Opinions 1 exemplar
... More opinions 1 exemplar
Modern Political Theory (1927) 1 exemplar
For civilization 1 exemplar
The Babbitt Warren (1927) 1 exemplar
Journey through the War Mind (1940) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Churchill: By His Contemporaries (1953) — Contribuidor — 72 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

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Joad, Cyril Edwin Mitchinson
Data de nascimento
1891-08-12
Data de falecimento
1953-04-09
Localização do túmulo
St. Johns-at-Hampstead Church, London, England, UK
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
País (no mapa)
England, UK
Local de nascimento
Durham, County Durham, England, UK
Local de falecimento
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Locais de residência
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Westhumble, Dorking, Surrey, UK
Tiverton, Devon, England, UK
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Snowdonia, Wales
Educação
Lynam's Preparatory School
University of Oxford (Balliol College)
Blundell's School, Tiverton, England, UK
Ocupações
philosopher
broadcaster
Organizações
University of London
New Party (Director of Propaganda)
British Broadcasting Corporation

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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 |
 
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laplantelibrary | 1 outra crítica | Dec 5, 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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Estatísticas

Obras
60
Also by
2
Membros
589
Popularidade
#42,598
Avaliação
½ 3.6
Críticas
6
ISBN
48
Línguas
2
Marcado como favorito
1

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