Lecture by Eduard Lindeman, 1952
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- Name
- Lindeman, Eduard (Interviewee)
- Title
- Lecture by Eduard Lindeman, 1952
- Abstract
- In two wide-ranging lectures held in Portland, Oregon in 1952, Eduard Lindeman addresses topics that he feels are major challenges in American society and the world. Some topics in the first lecture on the tape include: relationship of church and state, racism in America, freedom of association in non-government organizations, cost of healthcare, equalization of education across different regions, the struggle against world Communism, domestic repression under the guise of anti-Communism, the extents or limits of the welfare state, and crime and corruption. In the second lecture on the tape Lindeman addresses the following topics: population growth and world hunger; malaise in America; values in a democracy; "scientifically-testable" democratic values; diversity and individuality vs. conformity in a democracy; means vs. ends in democratic and Communist societies; points from his book The Democratic Way of Life, written with T.V. Smith; and the importance of humor
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Educators--United States; Lindeman, Eduard
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1952
- Physical Description
- sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit)
- Note (Funding)
- Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Note
- Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 7139184
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/1q9m-yx80
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.