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xiv), even on such a large scale, is, when applied to this type of content, this reviewer feels, deeply unacademic; surprising in a person passionate for knowledge, as Hayhoe characterizes herself. The views of an interviewer, seeking information, must surely be formed on a selective and not necessarily adequate basis, determined by those s/he succeeds in meeting, as well as by those who seek or succeed in gaining access to him/her: the likelihood of unconscious political influence, of some type and at some level, seems strong. Compelling though Hayhoe's story, views and conclusions may be, based on such evidence as she found satisfactory, readers may wish to have access to other evidence before they take them on board themselves.
Hayhoe is a charming, friendly and helpful person of considerable and unusual accomplishments and achievements, with the highest distinction in the field of comparative education. Personally and as a repository of her own and others' experience and knowledge, she has been described as a "treasure" (back cover, China's Universities, quoting from East/West Education). She has done us all a service in writing this story of her life, reminding us indirectly, by what she describes as her experience in writing it, of Plato's presentation of Socrates' defence, The unexamined life is not worth living.
Full Circle is well written, with admirable stylistic coherence echoing the overwhelming connections that Hayhoe sees, looking back, in her life itself. There is a broad cast of characters, including a sprinkling of saints, and a few admitted demons. Hayhoe frequently expresses the value she has gained from many mentors, many of them women. What she tells us here of her path in life can, in one way or another, mentor us all.
Indirectly and directly, Hayhoe presents herself as a person ready to give her all to a grand intellectual cause, but preferably to a spiritual objective or to a combination of spiritual and intellectual missions. With the perceptions described in Full Circle behind her, and still only fifty-eight years old, what will Hayhoe's life be now? Many readers will be eager to see, not only the next volume of her autobiography, but the next acts of her life. Has she found, 'the new vision for the next stage of her life' (p. 18), which she tells us she sought through writing this book? Will she be offered a role in, fostering a global dialogue across civilizations'? (p. 194) Will she have a further significant
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xiv), even on such a large scale, is, when applied to this type of content, this reviewer feels, deeply unacademic; surprising in a person passionate for knowledge, as Hayhoe characterizes herself. The views of an interviewer, seeking information, must surely be formed on a selective and not necessarily adequate basis, determined by those s/he succeeds in meeting, as well as by those who seek or succeed in gaining access to him/her: the likelihood of unconscious political influence, of some type and at some level, seems strong. Compelling though Hayhoe's story, views and conclusions may be, based on such evidence as she found satisfactory, readers may wish to have access to other evidence before they take them on board themselves.
Hayhoe is a charming, friendly and helpful person of considerable and unusual accomplishments and achievements, with the highest distinction in the field of comparative education. Personally and as a repository of her own and others' experience and knowledge, she has been described as a "treasure' (back cover, China's Universities, quoting from East/West Education). She has done us all a service in writing this story of her life, reminding us indirectly, by what she describes as her experience in writing it, of Plato's presentation of Socrates' defence, *The unexamined life is not worth living'.
Full Circle is well written, with admirable stylistic coherence echoing the overwhelming connections that Hayhoe sees, looking back, in her life itself. There is a broad cast of characters, including a sprinkling of saints, and a few admitted demons. Hayhoe frequently expresses the value she has gained from many mentors, many of them women. What she tells us here of her path in life can, in one way or another, mentor us all.
Indirectly and directly, Hayhoe presents herself as a person ready to give her all to a grand intellectual cause, but preferably to a spiritual objective or to a combination of spiritual and intellectual missions. With the perceptions described in Full Circle behind her, and still only fifty-eight years old, what will Hayhoe's life be now? Many readers will be eager to see, not only the next volume of her autobiography, but the next acts of her life. Has she found, 'the new vision for the next stage of her life' (p. 18), which she tells us she sought through writing this book? Will she be offered a role in, fostering a global dialogue across civilizations'? (p. 194) Will she have a further significant
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