Critical thinking in the tower ivory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14856473 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Albert Keith Whitaker (Boston College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 50-59 |
| Publication date | 2002-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Academic Questions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0895-4852 • E-ISSN: 1936-4709 |
| Publisher | National Association of Scholars (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12129-002-1059-2 |
| OpenAlex | W2020082224 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
In the midst of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s much celebrated short story, “The Celestial Railroad” (1843), which recreates the journey of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress by train, Hawthorne and his fellow passengers ride by the cave where, in Bunyan’s day, lived the cruel giants Pope and Pagan. These two had disappeared, but in their den now dwelt a new menace, “the Giant Transcendentalist,” to whom Hawthorne gave this amusing description
Critical thinking · Higher education · Ivory tower · Pedagogy · Philosophy of education · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Education and Islamic Studies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |