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Subject: England × Subject: Alexander Sutherland Neill × Start date: 1960 × End date: 1979 ×

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    A study of A. S. Neill with attention to his perception of the relation between freedom and authority in an educational institution
    Veitch, Murray Douglas ( 1978)
    In this work an attempt has been made to study the early years and later life and educational activities of A. S. Neill. The earlier conditioning and its effects are analysed and an attempt made to show how these influences produced in Neill a profound change and conversion from Calvinistic religious dogma and forms to atheism. A parallel between this and Jung’s phenomenon of enantiodromia is posited. The theory and practice of Summerhill and the influence of Homer Lane and the congruence of his ideas concerning authority, freedom and the nature of children with those of his disciple, Neill, are discussed. Finally, it is shown that the power of early conditioning is exceedingly strong and that Neill himself did not escape from it entirely, even at the end of a long and fruitful life. Neill’s relevance to the modern educational scene is mentioned and significance of his ideas as a counter to modern technological ‘depersonalization’ is noted.