Edmond Demolins (1852–1907) was a French

pedagogue Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

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Edmond Demolins was born in 1852 in

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. He became a disciple of

Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play (; April 11, 1806 – April 5, 1882) was a French engineer, sociologist and economist. Life The son of a custom-house official, Le Play was educated at the École Polytechnique and the École des Mines. He ...

. He formed a small group of students including Paul de Rousiers that met in Le Play's salon every Monday in the 1870s. The ''Programme de gouvernement et d'organisation sociale d'après l'observation comparée des divers peuples par un groupe d'économistes'' (1881) was a collective work by members of the group with a preface by Le Play. Demolins edited the bi-monthly ''Réforme sociale''. In 1885, three years after the death of Le Play, Henri de Tourville and Demolins split from the movement and founded a new journal, ''Science sociale''. They brought with them a few adherents including de Rousiers and Robert Pinot (1862–1926), future director of the

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and secretary-general of the

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. This small group functioned as a true research team. Inspired by the experiences of the

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and the

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, he founded the ' (pioneer of

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). Edmond Demolins died in 1907 in

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. His best known works are ''L’Éducation nouvelle: L’École des Roches'' and ''À quoi tient la supériorité des Anglo-Saxons?'' (1897). In his work ''Les grandes routes des peuples, essai de géographie sociale : comment la route crée le type social'', he defends racist theories.

Publications

* ''Histoire de France, depuis les premiers temps jusqu'à nos jours d'après les sources et les travaux récents T. 1'', Les origines, Paris : Librairie de la Sté Bibliographique, 1879 * ''Histoire de France, depuis les premiers temps jusqu'à nos jours d'après les sources et les travaux récents T. 2, La monarchie féodale'', Paris : Librairie de la Sté Bibliographique, 1879 * ''Histoire de France, depuis les premiers temps jusqu'à nos jours d'après les sources et les travaux récents T. 3, La monarchie moderne'', Paris : Librairie de la Sté Bibliographique, 1880 * ''Histoire de France, depuis les premiers temps jusqu'à nos jours d'après les sources et les travaux récents T. 4, La Révolution et les monarchies contemporaines'', 3me éd, Paris : Librairie de la Sté Bibliographique, 1880 * ''Le Play et son oeuvre de réforme sociale'', 2e éd., Paris : bureaux de la Réforme sociale, 1884 * ''Comment élever et établir mes enfants?'', Paris : Firmin-Didot, 1893 * ''À quoi tient la supériorité des Anglo-Saxons ?'', 1897 (). * ''L'Éducation nouvelle : L'École des Roches'', 1998 ().
''Les grandes routes des peuples, essai de géographie sociale: Comment la route crée le type social.''
Paris,

Firmin Didot Firmin Didot (; 14 April 176424 April 1836) was a French printer, engraver, and type founder. Early life Firmin Didot was born in Paris into a family of printers founded by François Didot, the father of 11 children. Firmin was one of his gra ...

& cie, 1901. (Volume 1 also at

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, 2010 ) * ''A-t-on intérêt à s'emparer du Pouvoir ?'', Firmin-Didot, 1905, 338 p. * ''Les Français d'aujourd'hui - Les types sociaux du Midi et du Centre'', Librairie de Paris/Firmin-Didot, s.d.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Demolins, Edmond French educational theorists 1852 births 1907 deaths Writers from Marseille

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