Course Of Popular Lectures - Softcover

Frances Wright

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371880963 ISBN 13: 9780371880968

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Course Of Popular Lectures; With 3 Addresses On Various Public Occasions, And A Reply To The Charges Against The French Reformers Of 1789 by Frances Wright. This volume collects Wright's early 19th-century public lectures and addresses delivered in Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia, and elsewhere, exploring the foundations of knowledge and the case for universal education and free inquiry. Wright argues that knowledge is derived from positive sensations and careful observation, and that education should cultivate reason rather than mere memorization of authorities. She critiques the power of clergy, the influence of the press, and the inequities of slavery, and advocates for gender equality, the abolition of intellectual monopolies, and the abolition of sectarian divisions through a national program of common schools and halls of science. The work outlines the nature and divisions of knowledge, the methods of inquiry, and the means of reform, including an eventual plan for universal republican education funded by the state. It includes an introductory address, seven lectures, a supplement addressing the state of the public mind, and Fourth of July addresses, among other pieces. It is a radical call for rational pedagogy and social reform.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371880963
• ISBN 13: 9780371880968
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248