Book Reviews : Education for Privacy. By MARTEN TEN HOOR. (University, Alabama: Univer sity of Alabama Press, 1960. Pp. ix, 197. $4.00.)
| Date | 01 December 1961 |
| Published date | 01 December 1961 |
| Author | William Carroll Bark |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591296101400442 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
998
the
fact
that
the
Soviet
Union
is
the
subject
of
all
comments,
there
is
no
cohesive
thread
of
analytical
development
within
the
different
chapters.
In
his
concluding
chapter,
Mr.
Schwartz
suggests
that
Soviet
leaders
will
prove
capable
of
resolving
various
contradictions
and
meeting
pressures
from
the
masses,
and
hence
&dquo;that
the
essential
features
of
the
Soviet
dictatorship
will
re-
main
for
the
indefinite
future.&dquo;
He
believes,
understandably,
that
the
generation
which
participated
in
the
Bolshevik
revolution
of
1917
will
pass
from
the
scene
by
1970.
By
that
time
he
sees
Communist
China
ranking
third
only
to
the
United
States
and
the
Soviet
Union
in
industrial
output.
He
acknowledges
the
relative
decline
in
American
power
vis-a-vis
the
Soviet
Union,
but
believes
that
&dquo;defeat
for
the
United
States
in
the
world
struggle
is
not
yet
a
foregone
con-
clusion."
University
of
California,
Los
Angeles
H.
ARTHUR
STEINER
Education
for
Privacy.
By
MARTEN
TEN
HOOR.
(University,
Alabama:
Univer-
sity
of
Alabama
Press,
1960.
Pp.
ix,
197.
$4.00.)
In
this
long
essay,
an
expansion
of
an
article
of
the
same
title
published
some
seven
years
ago
in
the
American
Scholar,
Dean
ten
Hoor
presents
a
view
of
life
that
is
wise,
perceptive,
courageous,
and
also,
without
inconsistency,
deeply
and
intelligently
tinged
with
resignation.
The
book,
which
would
help
the
individual
to
become
better
acquainted
with
himself
and
thus
to
learn
to
live
as
well
as
possible,
will
be
of
more
benefit
to
the
intelligent,
independent,
and
well-educated
layman
(in
the
conventional
sense
of
school
and
college
education)
than
to
the
scholarly
specialist.
Yet
the
latter,
who
will
recognize
many
landmarks
along
the
paths
the
author
has
traveled,
will
be
able
to
ponder
the
interpretation
here
presented
with
enjoyment
and
appreciation.
The
author’s
wide
reading
and
dis-
criminating
taste
are
revealed
in
the
numerous
and
well-chosen
quotations
from
writers
ranging
from
Augustine
to
Thoreau
and
from
Thomas
A
Kempis
to
Maurice
Roelants.
Many
a
stout
blow
is
struck
for
liberty
and
effective
weapons
are
offered
those
strong
enough
to
take
them
up
and
wield
them.
It
is
just
here,
however,
that
one
must
express
certain
reservations.
Will
those
who
most
need
self-education
be
able
to
procure
it,
even
with
the
Dean’s
help,
as
here
proffered?
It
is
safe
to
assume
that
the
author
is
not
unaware
of
the
problem,
as
he
indicates,
for
example,
in
his
discussion
of
the
difficulty
&dquo;the
troubled
layman&dquo;
will
have
with
the
definition
of
good
and
evil.
It
would
have
been
helpful
to
tell
him
not
only
what
he
must
do
but
also
how.
Conversely,
though
the
layman
is
not
always
told
how
to
deal
with
the
more
formidable
questions,
he
not
infrequently
finds
that
the
obvious
is
set
forth
in
all
its
in-
escapable
simplicity.
Surely
the
intelligent
reader - and
no
other
would
seek
education
for
privacy
-
does
not
need
to
be
told
that
&dquo;in
seeking
and
applying
a
cure
for
his
moral
troubles
it is
important
that
the
individual
be
sensible
and
realistic,&dquo;
or
that
&dquo;the
best
original
defense
against
self-deception
of
all
kinds
and
degrees
is
to
be
honest
with
oneself,&dquo;
or
that
&dquo;leaders ...
would
not
play
so
important
a
part
in
the
history
of
mankind
were
it
not
for
the
fact
that
the
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