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Everett Dean Martin
1880–1941
A sharp, independent-minded voice in adult education, he wrote about crowds, liberty, religion, and the life of the mind in ways that still feel lively and direct. His work bridges social psychology and public debate, making big ideas approachable without softening their edge.
2 Audiobooks
The Behavior of Crowds: A Psychological Study
by Everett Dean Martin
The meaning of a liberal education
by Everett Dean Martin
About the author
Born in Jacksonville, Illinois, in 1880, Everett Dean Martin was an American writer, lecturer, and advocate of adult education. He also worked as a minister, journalist, and teacher, and became known for bringing social philosophy and psychology to a broad public audience.
Martin taught and lectured at The New School for Social Research in New York during the 1920s and later served on the board of directors there. He was also closely associated with the American Association for Adult Education, including a term as its president, and argued that education for adults should be more than job training—it should help people think clearly and live more freely.
His books include The Behavior of Crowds, The Mystery of Religion, The Meaning of a Liberal Education, Liberty, The Conflict of the Individual and the Mass, and Farewell to Revolution. Across his work, he returned to a few enduring questions: how independent thought survives social pressure, what education is really for, and how individuals can resist being swept along by the crowd.