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General

John Macmurray Fellowship  British John Macmurray Society

 

Books by Macmurray in print

John Macmurray Special Collection at Regis College   This Collection includes all known published and unpublished works of John Macmurray

John Macmurray Papers, Edinburgh University

Politics

 Macmurray and Blair  Article by Sarah Hale published in ..

 Macmurray and Blair ‘The lesson the Prime Minister forgot’: Nick Cohen.  New Statesman 2002

 Tony Blair's real guru. by Samuel Brittan.  New Statesman 1997, Feb 7
 Macmurray and Political Philosophy   Essay by Mark Bevir and David O’Brien.  An interesting academic paper. I think the authors have somewhat misrepresented Macmurray by identifying him as an idealist.

Sociology

Ernest Gellner and Macmurray     ‘….. towards the end of his life he [Gellner] would still speak of Macmurray .. with great affection’.

Macmurray and Marx  ‘Macmurray’s insight into Marx's philosophy is remarkable for the time..’  (from ‘The sociology Shop’)

Theology

Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of Anglican Church. In this speech he refers to  ‘.. the great theologian John Macmurray …….:’

Theology Today 1961 Review of ‘Persons in Relation’

Theology Today 1959 Review of ‘Self as Agent’

Philosophy

Brief summary of his life  University of Aberdeen, Centre for the Study of Scottish Philosophy

The Concept of the Person and the Future of Virtue Theory: Macmurray and MacIntyre.  Esther McIntosh, 2001, Leeds University

MACMURRAY’S TRANSFORMATION OF ETHICS. Edmond La B. Cherbonnier

FRANK G. KIRKPATRICK Introduction to  ‘Persons In Relation’ by John Macmurray

Education

 ‘Developing Emotional literacy in Schools   by Jane Adams (p4 on this pdf file)  Macmurray is often quoted in recent writings on emotional literacy. The reference in this book is typical.

John Macmurray, Spirituality, Community and Real Schools  Paper by Julian Stern, Hull University. (abstract only – full article available by subscription)

Psychotherapy

R.D. Laing  ‘.. Laing’s most explicit acknowledgement …is to the Scottish philosopher, John Macmurray’

Nick Child

Making Space for Meaning,  Robin A. Hodgkin  A well written academic paper. Interesting stuff on Macmurray and Winnicott.  Published in  ‘ Polanyiana’. The periodical of the Michael Polanyi Liberal Philosophical Association

PSYCHOLOGY AS A MORAL SCIENCE OF ACTION: MACMURRARY AND THE TURN TO THE RELATIONAL. John Shotter

 

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