C. E. M. Joad (1891–1953)
Author of Guide to philosophy
About the Author
Series
Works by C. E. M. Joad
How our minds work 6 copies
The bookmark; 4 copies
Essays in Common Sense Philosophy 2 copies
TESTAMENT OF JOAD 2 copies
... More opinions 1 copy
Opinions 1 copy
The mind and its workings 1 copy
ENGLISH COUNTIES 1 copy
Why War? 1 copy
The Mind and Its Workings 1 copy
For civilization 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Joad, Cyril Edwin Mitchinson
- Birthdate
- 1891-08-12
- Date of death
- 1953-04-09
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Lynam's Preparatory School
University of Oxford (Balliol College)
Blundell's School, Tiverton, England, UK - Occupations
- philosopher
broadcaster - Organizations
- University of London
New Party (Director of Propaganda)
British Broadcasting Corporation - Short biography
- 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.
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Durham, County Durham, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
Westhumble, Dorking, Surrey, UK
Tiverton, Devon, England, UK
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Snowdonia, Wales - Place of death
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
- Burial location
- St. Johns-at-Hampstead Church, London, England, UK
- Map Location
- England, UK
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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.
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 show more 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. show less
"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 show more 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. show less
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