Strange Journey
John R. Friedeberg Seeley and the Quest for Mental Health
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2020
Academic Studies Press (Verlag)
978-1-64469-049-9 (ISBN)
Academic Studies Press (Verlag)
978-1-64469-049-9 (ISBN)
This biographical history follows the iconoclastic career of John R. Friedeberg Seeley, pre-eminent ""Pop Sociologist"" and Mental Health Activist of the 1950s.
This biographical history follows the iconoclastic career of John R. Friedeberg Seeley, pre-eminent “Pop Sociologist” and Mental Health Activist of the 1950s. Seeley’s "strange journey" began as a British Home Child, estranged from his cosmopolitan German-Jewish family. Seeley progressed through the ranks of the Canadian Army Medical Corps, and the University of Chicago, to achieve prominence as the author of Crestwood Heights, a defining work of postwar social science. He led an ambitious mental health project in Canadian schools, and was a founding father of York University. However, Seeley’s struggle with mental illness and Jewish identity brought him into conflict with the Canadian establishment. His career ended in academic exile, but his dream of a mental health revolution still resonates.
This biographical history follows the iconoclastic career of John R. Friedeberg Seeley, pre-eminent “Pop Sociologist” and Mental Health Activist of the 1950s. Seeley’s "strange journey" began as a British Home Child, estranged from his cosmopolitan German-Jewish family. Seeley progressed through the ranks of the Canadian Army Medical Corps, and the University of Chicago, to achieve prominence as the author of Crestwood Heights, a defining work of postwar social science. He led an ambitious mental health project in Canadian schools, and was a founding father of York University. However, Seeley’s struggle with mental illness and Jewish identity brought him into conflict with the Canadian establishment. His career ended in academic exile, but his dream of a mental health revolution still resonates.
Paul Roberts Bentley holds an MSc. (Econ) in International Relations from the London School of Economics, and an Ed. D. in the History and Philosophy of Education from the University of Toronto. He has worked as a History Teacher and Head of Department in Ontario High Schools for over 25 years.
Prologue
1. Wolff Child
2. A Splendid Chap
3. An Opening Gun
4. Pop Sociology
5.Empire
6. How to Murder a Community
7. Film Noir
8. The Isle of Nuts
9. Waspish Tone
10. Jewish Tempers
11. The Flash
12. Wild Surmises
Epilogue
Erscheinungsdatum | 25.02.2019 |
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Reihe/Serie | North American Jewish Studies |
Zusatzinfo | Illustrations, unspecified |
Verlagsort | Brighton |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 234 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
ISBN-10 | 1-64469-049-7 / 1644690497 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-64469-049-9 / 9781644690499 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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