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   How to Read a Book: The Art of Getting a Liberal Education » Read Now

   by Mortimer J. Adler. 404 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library
   
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   The Capitalist Manifesto » Read Now

   by Mortimer J. Adler, Louis O. Kelso. 272 pgs.

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   Ethics: The Study of Moral Values » Read Now

   by Mortimer J. Adler, Seymour Cain. 320 pgs.

   Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
   
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   Democracy and the Public Library: Essays on Fundamental Issues (Chap. 4. "Mortimer J. Adler's and Robert M. Hutchins's Vision of the Great Books") » Read Now

   by Arthur W. Hafner. 336 pgs.

   Collections: Entire Library

   The free exchange of ideas is central to any democracy, and libraries are central to the free exchange of ideas. Hafner examines many of the issues at the heart of the library's role in a democratic society and demonstrates the practical importance of the library's democratic mission. In order to...

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   The free exchange of ideas is central to any democracy, and libraries are central to the free exchange of ideas. Hafner examines many of the issues at the heart of the library's role in a democratic society and demonstrates the practical importance of the library's democratic mission. In order to make informed decisions about acquisitions, librarians must be familiar with the legal and intellectual debates surrounding controversial material. The opening chapters of the volume provide an historical and theoretical context for the democratic role of the library by discussing issues related to canonicity. Later chapters discuss legal issues related to the library as a forum for free expression, the Richard R. Kreimer case, and the confidentiality of library records. Chapter authors thoroughly discuss issues that impact the daily functioning of the library. Their backgrounds in library and political science, law, management, sociology, and literary studies bring a fresh perspective to these controversial and hotly debated issues. The book will be of special interest to all practicing librarians, library trustees and administators, and to library science students.

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   Freedom: Its History, Nature, and Varieties ("Freedom as Natural, Acquired, and Circumstantial" by Mortimer J. Adler begins on p. 68) » Read Now

   by Robert E. Dewey, James A. Gould. 388 pgs.

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   Aesthetic Experience and the Humanities: Modern Ideas of Aesthetic Experience in the Reading of World Literature ("Mortimer J. Adler" begins on p. 142) » Read Now

   by Francis Shoemaker. 344 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Literature, Entire Library
   
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   What Happened to the Great Ideas?, in Insight on the News (Tribute to Mortimer J. Adler) » Read Now

   by John Berlau. 2 pgs.

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