He was strongly critical of contemporary philosophical trends such as
Marxism
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,
Behaviorism and
Psychoanalysis
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.
He was also repeatedly referred to as "the
Mencken
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of England", although, as Kunitz and Haycraft pointed out, Joad and Mencken "would be at sword's point on most issues".
On
aesthetics
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he was incurably
platonic
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: on listening to the "lowering effect" of
Debussy
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's music, he felt his "vitality and zest for life draining away";
jazz
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and
swing music are "sounds which do not strictly belong to the class of music at all";
Dylan Thomas's "
A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London" was partly "meaningless... some of the allusions baffle the intellect";
symbolism
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* Symbolism (arts), a 19th-century movement rejecting Realism
** Symbolist movement in Romania, symbolist literature and visual arts in Romania during the late 19th and early 20th centuries
** Russian sym ...
in art is "often used as a device... for disguising the fact that there is nothing to communicate", citing
Denton Welch
Maurice Denton Welch (29 March 1915 – 30 December 1948) was a British writer and painter, admired for his vivid prose and precise descriptions.
Life
Welch was born in Shanghai, China, to Arthur Joseph Welch, a wealthy British rubber merchant, ...
's "Narcissus Bay" as an example; and in her "persistent refusal to grade, to give moral marks or to assign values", he found
Virginia Woolf
Adeline Virginia Woolf (; ; 25 January 1882 28 March 1941) was an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device.
Woolf was born i ...
's work leaving him feeling that "nothing seems to be very much worth while".
Joad's autobiography, ''Under the Fifth Rib'' included "The dominating interest of my University career, an interest which has largely shaped my subsequent outlook on life, was Socialism. And my Socialism was by no means the mere undergraduate pose which what I have said hitherto may have suggested. Admittedly I and my Socialist contemporaries talked a good deal of inflated nonsense; admittedly we played with theories as a child plays with toys from sheer intellectual exuberance. But we also did a considerable amount of hard thinking."
Joad crusaded to preserve the English countryside against industrial exploitation,
ribbon development Ribbon development refers to the building of houses along the routes of communications radiating from a human settlement. The resulting linear settlements are clearly visible on land use maps and aerial photographs, giving cities and the countrys ...
, overhead cables and destructive tourism. He wrote letters and articles in protest against decisions being made to increase Britain's wealth and status, as he believed the short term status would bring long-term problems. He organised rambles and rode recklessly through the countryside. Joad was also associated with the fledgling
naturist
Naturism is a lifestyle of practising non-sexual social nudity in private and in public; the word also refers to the cultural movement which advocates and defends that lifestyle. Both may alternatively be called nudism. Though the two terms a ...
movement in England. He also had a passion for hunting.
Hating the idea of nothing to do, Joad organised on average nine lectures per week and two books per year. His popularity soared and he was invited to give many lectures and lead discussions. He also involved himself in sporting activities such as tennis and
hockey
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, and recreational activities such as
bridge
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,
chess
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and the
player piano
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. He was a great conversationalist, and enjoyed entertaining distinguished members of society.
After the outbreak of the
Second World War
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he became disgusted at the lack of
liberty
Liberty is the ability to do as one pleases, or a right or immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant (i.e. privilege). It is a synonym for the word freedom.
In modern politics, liberty is understood as the state of being free within society fr ...
being shown (he was a founding vice-president of the
National Council for Civil Liberties
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from 1934). He went as far as to beg the
Ministry of Information to make use of him. In January 1940 Joad was selected for a BBC Home Service wartime discussion programme, ''The Brains Trust'', which was an immediate success, attracting millions of listeners. Shortly afterwards Joad abandoned his pacifism and placed his support behind the British war effort. Although Joad never reverted to pacifism, he actively supported at least one
conscientious objector during the war, leading to a pamphlet, ''The Present Position of Conscientious Objection'', published by the Central Board for Conscientious Objectors, 1944. Joad also opposed the continuation of conscription into peacetime, writing the pamphlet ''The Rational Approach to Conscription'', published by the No Conscription Council, 1947.
Psychical research
Joad was interested in the
paranormal
Paranormal events are purported phenomena described in popular culture, folk, and other non-scientific bodies of knowledge, whose existence within these contexts is described as being beyond the scope of normal scientific understanding. Not ...
, and partnered with
Harry Price
Harry Price (17 January 1881 – 29 March 1948) was a British psychic researcher and author, who gained public prominence for his investigations into psychical phenomena and exposing fraudulent spiritualist mediums. He is best known for ...
on a number of
ghost-hunting expeditions, also joining
the Ghost Club
The Ghost Club is a paranormal investigation and research organization, founded in London in 1862. It is believed to be the oldest such organization in the world, though its history has not been continuous. The club still investigates mainly gho ...
, of which Price became the president. He involved himself in psychical research, travelling to the
Harz Mountains
The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German ...
to help Price to test whether the 'Bloksberg Tryst' would turn a male goat into a handsome prince at the behest of a maiden pure in heart; it did not. In 1934 he became Chairman of the
University of London Council for Psychical Investigation, an unofficial committee formed by Price as a successor body to his
National Laboratory of Psychical Research
The National Laboratory of Psychical Research was established in 1926 by Harry Price, at 16 Queensberry Place, London. Its aim was "to investigate in a dispassionate manner and by purely scientific means every phase of psychic or alleged psychic ...
. In 1939, Joad's publications on psychical research were severely criticised in the ''Proceedings'' of the
Society for Psychical Research
The Society for Psychical Research (SPR) is a nonprofit organisation in the United Kingdom. Its stated purpose is to understand events and abilities commonly described as psychic or paranormal. It describes itself as the "first society to co ...
. It was discovered that Joad was not present at séances he had claimed to have attended. Price later suspended the operations of the council.
Joad opposed the spiritualist hypothesis of
mediumship. He debated the psychical researcher Shaw Desmond on spiritualism. He argued against immortality and spirit communication, preferring his "mindlet" hypothesis which held that
bundle of ideas which were formerly regarded as the mind of the dead person may survive death for a temporal period of time. During the later years of his life he published articles on how
extrasensory perception
Extrasensory perception or ESP, also called sixth sense, is a claimed paranormal ability pertaining to reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses, but sensed with the mind. The term was adopted by Duke Universit ...
may fit into a Christian framework.
''The Brains Trust''
Joad's prominence came from ''
The Brains Trust
''The Brains Trust'' was an informational BBC radio and later television programme popular in the United Kingdom during the 1940s and 1950s, on which a panel of experts tried to answer questions sent in by the audience.
History
The series was ...
'', which featured a small group including Commander
A. B. Campbell and
Julian Huxley. His developed and matured discussion techniques, his fund of anecdotes and mild humour brought him to the attention of the general public.
The programme came to deal with difficult questions posed by listeners, and the panellists would discuss the question in great detail, and render a philosophical opinion. Examples of the questions ranged from "What is the meaning of life?" to "How can a fly land upside-down on the ceiling?" Joad became a star of the show, his voice being the most heard on radio except for the news. Joad nearly always opened with the catchphrase "It all depends on what you mean by…" when responding to a question. Although there was
opposition
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* The Opposition (band), a London post-punk band
* '' The Opposition with Jordan Klepper'', a late-night television series on Com ...
from
Conservatives
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, who complained about political bias, the general public considered him the greatest British philosopher of the day and celebrity status followed.
Rise and fall
As Joad had become so well known, he was invited to give after-dinner speeches, open
bazaars, even advertise tea, and his book sales soared. He stood as a
Labour
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
candidate at a
by-election in November 1946 for the
Combined Scottish Universities constituency but lost.
Joad once boasted in print, "I cheat the railway company whenever I can." On 12 April 1948 Joad was caught travelling on a Waterloo to Exeter train without a valid ticket. When he failed to give a satisfactory explanation, he was convicted of fare dodging and fined £2 (£ as of ). This made front-page headlines in the national newspapers, destroyed his hopes of a
peerage and resulted in his dismissal from the BBC.
The humiliation of this had a severe effect on Joad's health, and he soon became confined to bed at his home in Hampstead. Joad renounced his agnosticism and returned to the Christianity of the Church of England, which he detailed in his book ''The Recovery of Belief'', published in 1952.
Death
After the bed-confining
thrombosis
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following his dismissal from the BBC in 1948, Joad developed terminal cancer. He died on 9 April 1953 at his home, 4 East Heath Road, Hampstead, aged 61, and was buried at
Saint John's-at-Hampstead Church in London.
Legacy
Joad was one of the best known British intellectuals of his time, as well known as
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from ...
and
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British mathematician, philosopher, logician, and public intellectual. He had a considerable influence on mathematics, logic, set theory, linguistics, ...
in his lifetime. He popularised philosophy, both in his books and by the spoken word.
Quotes from Joad appear in
Virginia Woolf
Adeline Virginia Woolf (; ; 25 January 1882 28 March 1941) was an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device.
Woolf was born i ...
's monograph ''Three Guineas''.
For example:
"If it is, then the sooner they give up the pretence of playing with public affairs and return to private life the better. If they cannot make a job of the House of Commons, let them at least make something of their own houses. If they cannot learn to save men from the destruction which incurable male mischievousness bids fair to bring upon them, let women at least learn to feed them, before they destroy themselves."Virginia Woolf
Adeline Virginia Woolf (; ; 25 January 1882 28 March 1941) was an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device.
Woolf was born i ...
, ''Three Guineas'', p43.
Joad was invited to appear at the
Socratic Club
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The club was formed in De ...
, an undergraduate society at Oxford University, where he spoke on 24 January 1944, on the subject "On Being Reviewed by Christians", an event attended by more than 250 students. This was a stepping-stone in Joad's life, particularly at a time when he was re-examining his convictions. This re-examination eventually led to his return to the Christian faith of his youth, an event he mentioned in ''The Recovery of Belief''.
C. S. Lewis
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, President of the Socratic Club, is mentioned twice in this book, once as an influence on Joad through Lewis' book ''
The Abolition of Man
''The Abolition of Man'' is a 1943 book by C. S. Lewis. Subtitled "Reflections on education with special reference to the teaching of English in the upper forms of schools", it uses that as a starting point for a defense of objective value and natu ...
''. Part of his legacy, then, was to return to the faith that he had set aside as an Oxford undergraduate and to defend that faith in his writings.
Joad is also mentioned in
Stephen Potter's book ''
Gamesmanship
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'', as his partner in a tennis match in which the two men were up against two younger and fitter players who were outplaying them fairly comfortably, until Joad asked his opponent whether a ball that had clearly landed way behind the line was in or out; an event which Potter says made him start thinking about the concept of gamesmanship.
Selected publications
Joad wrote, introduced or edited over 100 books, pamphlets, articles and essays including:
*'Monism in the Light of Recent Developments in Philosophy', ''Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society'', N.S. 17 (1916–17)
Robert Owen, Idealist, London : Fabian Society
ract 182(1917)
*''The Diary of a Dead Officer, Being the Posthumous papers of A.G. West'', ed. with intro, London : George Allen & Unwin (1918)
''Essays in Common-Sense Philosophy'' London : George Allen & Unwin (1919, 2nd ed., London : GA & U (1933))
''Common Sense Ethics'' London : Methuen (1921)
''Common Sense Theology'' London : T. Fisher Unwin (1922)
''The Highbrows, A Novel'' London : Jonathan Cape (1922)
*''Introduction to Modern Political Theory'', Oxford : The Clarendon Press (1924)
*''Priscilla and Charybdis, and Other Stories'', London : Herbert Jenkins (1924)
*''Samuel Butler (1835–1902)'', London : Leonard Parson (1924)
*'A Realist Philosophy of Life', ''Contemporary British Philosophy, Second Series'', ed. J.H. Muirhead, London : George Allen & Unwin (1925)
* ‘The Mind and Its Place in Nature’, London (1925), Kegan Paul, Trench, Tubner and Co., Ltd
*''Mind and Matter : The Philosophical Introduction to Modern Science'', London : Nisbet (1925)
*''The Babbitt Warren
Satire on the United States', London : Kegan Paul (1926)
*''The Bookmark'', London : The Labour Publishing Company (1926, repr. London : Westhouse (1945))
*''Diogenes, The Future of Leisure'', London : Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner (
To-day and To-morrow
''To-day and To-morrow'' (sometimes written ''Today and Tomorrow'') was a series of over 150 speculative essays published as short books by the London publishers Kegan Paul between 1923 and 1931 (and published in the United States by E. P. Dutton, ...
) (1928)
*''Thrasymachus, The Future of Morals'', London : Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner (1928, rev. ed., London : Kegan Paul (
To-day and To-morrow
''To-day and To-morrow'' (sometimes written ''Today and Tomorrow'') was a series of over 150 speculative essays published as short books by the London publishers Kegan Paul between 1923 and 1931 (and published in the United States by E. P. Dutton, ...
) (1936))
*''The Future of Life : A Philosophy of Vitalism'', New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons (1928)
*''The Meaning of Life As Shown in the Process of Evolution'', London : Watts & Co. (1928)
*''Great Philosophies of the World'', London : Ernest Benn (1928, repr.& rev., London : Thomas Nelson (1937))
*''Matter, Life and Value'', London : Oxford University Press (1929)
*'Philosophy and Aldous Huxley', ''The Realist'', 1: 4 (1929)
''The Present and Future of Religion'' London : Ernest Benn (1930)
*''Unorthodox Dialogies on Education and Art'', London : Ernest Benn (1930)
*''The Case for the New Party'', London : New Party (c. 1931)
*''The Story of Civilization'', London : A. & C. Black (1931)
*''The Horrors of the Countryside'', London: The Hogarth Press (Day to Day Pamphlets, No. 3) (1931)
*''What Fighting Means'', London : No More War Movement (1932)
''Philosophical Aspects of Modern Science'' London : George Allen & Unwin (1932, repr. London : GA&U (1963))
*''Under the Fifth Rib'', London : Faber & Faber (1932), retitled ''The Book of Joad'' (1935)
*''Guide to Modern Thought'', London : Faber & Faber (1933, rev. & enlarged, London : Pan (1948))
*'The Advocacy of Peace', ''The Twentieth Century'', Vol 5, No 39, (July 1933)
*''Counter Attack from the East : The Philosophy of Radhakrishnan'', London : George Allen & Unwin (1933)
*'Is Christianity True? A Discussion between Arnold Lunn and C.E.M. Joad, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode (1933)
*'Insecurity in Arms', London : National Peace Council, No 8 rev (1934)
*''Liberty Today'', London : Watts (1934)
*''Manifesto : Being the Book of the federation of Progressive Societies and Individuals'', ed., London : George Allen & Unwin (1934)
*'The End of an Epoch', ''New Statesman & Nation'', London (8 December 1934)
*''Return to Philosophy'', London : Faber & Faber (1935)
*'Science and Human Freedom', London : Haldane Memorial Lecture (1935)
*'The Challenge to Reason', ''The Rationalist Annual'', London : The Rationalist Press (1935)
*''Guide to Philosophy'', London : Victor Gollancz (1936)
*''The Dictator Resigns'', London : Methuen (1936)
*'The Return of Dogma', ''The Rationalist Annual'', London : The Rationalist Press (1936)
*''The Story of Indian Civilisation'', London : Macmillan (1936)
*'"Defence" is No Defence', London : National Peace Council (1937)
*'On Pain, Death, and the Goodness of God', ''The Rationalist Annual'', London : The Rationalist Press (1937)
*''The Testament of Joad'', London : Faber & Faber (1937)
''Guide to the Philosophy of Morals and Politics''(1938)
*''How to Write, Think and Speak Correctly'', ed., London : Odhams (1939)
*'On Useless Education',''The Rationalist Annual'', London : The Rationalist Press (1939)
*''Why War?'', Harmondsworth : Penguin (1939)
*''For Civilization'', London : Macmillan (1940)
*''Journey Through the War Mind'', London : Faber & Faber (1940)
''Philosophy For Our Times'' London : Thomas Nelson & Sons (1940)
*'Principles of Peace', ''The Spectator'', London (16 August 1940; repr. ''Articles of War : The Spectator Book of World War II'', ed. F. Glass & P. Marsden-Smedley, London : Paladin Grafton Books, 1989, 119–22)
*''The Philosophy of Federal Union'', London : Macmillan (1941)
*''What Is at Stake, and Why Not Say So ?'', London : Victor Gollancz (1941)
*''An Old Countryside for New People'', London : J. M. Dent & Sons (1942)
''God and Evil'' London : Faber & Faber (1942)
*''Pieces of Mind'', London : Faber & Faber (1942)
*'The Face of England', ''Horizon'', V, London (29 May 1942)
*''The Adventures of the Young Soldier in Search of the Better World'', London : Faber & Faber (1943)
*'Man's Superiority to the Beasts : Liberty Versus Security in the Modern State', ''Freedom of Expression'', ed. H. Ould, London : Hutchinson, International Authors Ltd (1944)
*'On Thirty Years of Going to the Lakes', ''Countrygoer Book'', ed. C. Moore, London : Countrygoer Books (1944)
*''Teach Yourself Philosophy'', London : English Universities Press (1944)
*'The Virtue of Examinations', ''New Statesman & Nation'', London (11 March 1944; reply to objections, 25 March)
*''The Present Position of Conscientious Objection'', London : Central Board for Conscientious Objectors (May 1944)
''About Education'' London : Faber & Faber (1945)
*''Joad's Opinions'', London : Westhouse (1945)
*''Conditions of Survival'', London : Federal Union (1946)
*'Fewer and Better'
opulation ''London Forum'', I : 1, London (1946)
*''How Our Minds Work'', London : Westhouse (1946)
*'On No Longer Being A Rationalist', ''The Rationalist Annual'', London : C.A. Watts & Co. (1946)
''The Untutored Townsman's Invasion of the Country'' London : Faber & Faber (1946)
*'Introduction', J.C. Flugel, ''Population, Psychology, and Peace'', London : Watts & Co. (1947)
*''The Rational Approach to Conscription'', London : No Conscription Council, Pamphlet No. 7 (1947)
*''A Year More or Less'', London : Victor Gollancz (1948)
''Decadence – A Philosophical Inquiry'' London : Faber & Faber (1948)
*'Foreword', Clare & Marshall Brown, ''Fell Walking from Wasdale'', London : The Saint Catherine Press (1948)
*''The English Counties'', London : Odhams (1948)
*'Turning-Points', ''The Saturday Book'', ed. L. Russell, London : Hutchinson (1948)
*''Shaw'', London : Victor Gollancz (1949)
*''The Principles of Parliamentary Democracy'', London : Falcon Press (1949)
*''A Critique of Logical Positivism'', London : Gollancz (1950)
*''The Pleasure of Being Oneself'', London : George Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1951)
*''A First Encounter with Philosophy'', London : James Blackwood (1952)
Recovery of Belief''London: Faber & Faber (1952)
*''Shaw and Society'' (Anthology and a Symposium), London : Odhams (1953)
*''Folly Farm''
osthumous London : Faber & Faber (1954)
;Articles and essays
*'The Idea of Public Right', ''The Idea of Public Right, Being the First Four Essays ... of ''The Nation'' Essay Competition'', intro. H.H. Asquith, London : George Allen & Unwin, 1918, 95–140 [Written under the pseudonym of 'Crambe Repetita' derived from Juvenal, ''Satire VI''.154 : occidit miseros crambe repetita magistros – (roughly and freely, tr. Geoffrey Thomas) 'Rehashed cabbage – crambe repetita – is wretchedness for poor teachers'. In context, 'The poor teachers have to listen to their pupils regurgitate the same dismal exercises day after day'. It's like perpetually eating the same dull meal. (Joad's authorship is identified on p. vii.)
References
Further reading
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*
* Hill, Robert
Philosophy for All: C.E.M. Joad, The Philosopher and the General Public ''The Philosopher'', Volume LXXXIV, No. 2, Autumn 1995.
* Judge, Tony, ''Radio Philosopher: The Radical Life of Cyril Joad'', (2012)
* Martin, Kingsley, 'Cyril Joad', ''New Statesman and Nation'', London : 18 April 1953
* Martin, Kingsley ''Editor : A Volume of Autobiography 1931–1945'', (London: Hutchinson 1968), esp. pp. 135–9
* Plant, Kathryn. L, 'Joad, Cyril Edwin Mitchinson (1891–1953)', in ''The Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Philosophers'', ed. Stuart Brown, (Thoemmes Continuum, Bristol 2005), vol. I, pp. 480–482
* Symonds, Richard
''The Philosopher'', Volume CIII, No. 1, 2015.
* Thomas, Geoffrey ''Cyril Joad'', (Birkbeck College Publication 1992)
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