Race Questions, Provincialism, and Other American Problems: Expanded Edition

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Contents  I. RACE QUESTIONS AND PREJUDICES 45 Importance of the problem, 45–46.—Summary statement of various questions about races, 46, 47.—The defects of our present scientific knowledge regarding racial psychology, 47– 48.—The lesson taught by Japan, 49–50.—The lesson taught by Jamaica, 51–58.—The meaning of race in the history of civilization : sceptical survey of the state of our knowledge, 58–65.— The psychology of racial antipathies, 65–68.—Conclusion, 68. II. PROVINCIALISM 69 Definition of Provincialism, 69–71.—In praise of provincialism , 71–74.—The evils in American life which provincialism must correct; first, the evils due to the newness of the country, 74–77.—The evils due to the levelling tendency of recent civilization , 77–79.—The evils due to the mob-spirit, 79–83.—The right type of social group defined, 83–85.—The problem of dealing with the mob-spirit, 85–87.—The service that provincialism may accomplish in dealing with the foregoing types of evils, 87–88.—How to cultivate provincialism without merely lapsing into narrowness, 88–92.—The province as an ideal rather than as a boast, 89.—Provincialism, docility, and individualism : illustration in the case of Japan, 90–91.—The cultivation of the youth of a province, 91.—Provincialism and art, 92. {  }  contents III. ON CERTAIN LIMITATIONS OF THE THOUGHTFUL PUBLIC IN AMERICA 93 American idealism, in its popular and practical aspects, its power and prevalence, 93–100; its excesses, 97–98; its good aspects seen in the modern academic movement, 98–99.— Ineffectiveness of too large a portion of our idealistically disposed public, 100–102; illustration from our early provincial history in the newer parts of the country, 102–104; and from older communities, 104.—The cure for this ineffectiveness, 104–117.—Difficulty and importance of this cure, 104–106.— The tendency to abstractions, 106–108.—The limitations of the effectiveness of the human thinking-process, 108–110.—Not alone philosophers abuse the reasoning powers, 110–111.— Instinct and reason, their respective practical offices, 112–114.— Resulting advice, 114–115.—On the love of the ‘‘new’’ in thought, 115–117.—Practical conclusions, 117. IV. THE PACIFIC COAST. A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE RELATIONS OF CLIMATE AND CIVILIZATION 118 The journey to California, and its goal, as an introduction to the study, 118–120.—General review of the physical conditions and climate of the Pacific coast, 120–126.—The early society of California, 126–128.—The relations of climate and mental life as characterized by the poetical writers of California , 128–133.—General consideration of physical, social, and individual conditions as determining the Californian mind; resulting individualism; accompanying loyalty; the tension between the two tendencies, 133–138.—Historical illustrations, 138–142.—Peculiar forms of individualism in California, 140– 144.—Resulting idealism, 144. V. SOME RELATIONS OF PHYSICAL TRAINING TO THE PRESENT PROBLEMS OF MORAL EDUCATION IN AMERICA 145 The general relations of physical and moral education, 145– 147.—General definition of Loyalty, 147–151.—‘‘Loyalty to Loyalty ’’ defined and illustrated, 151–156.—The first way in which contents  physical training can be of service to loyalty, namely as a preparation of the organism for devotion to causes, 156–159.—The second service of physical training to the cause of loyalty: team-loyalty, and similar tendencies, 159–161. The third service of physical training: fair play and the spirit of universal loyalty, 161–164.—What kinds of sports and contests best further loyalty , criterion stated, 164–167.—Philip Stanley Abbot’s account of the mountain climber’s ‘‘fulness of life,’’ 167–168; contrast with certain other types of athletic experience, 168–170.— Results as to the values of athletic sports and exercises for moral training, 170–172. ...