Advisor(s): Capper, Charles (NHC Fellow, 1994–95; 2002–03)

By Schramm, Richard R. (NHC Vice President for Education Programs, 1984–2016)

In “Self-Reliance” Emerson defines individualism as a profound and unshakeable trust in one’s own intuitions. Embracing this view of individualism, he asserts, can revolutionize society, not through a sweeping mass movement, but through the transformation of one life at a time and through the creation of leaders capable of greatness.

Subjects

Philosophy / Literary Criticism / Education Studies / Individualism / American Literature / Community / Culture / Transcendentalism /