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Jane Addams's evolutionary theorizing : constructing "democracy and social ethics" / Marilyn Fischer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fischer, Marilyn, Author.
- Series:
- Chicago scholarship online.
- Chicago scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935.
- Addams, Jane.
- Addams, Jane, 1860-1935. Democracy and social ethics.
- Democracy.
- Social ethics.
- Pragmatism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (263 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- In Jane Addams's Evolutionary Theorizing, Marilyn Fischer advances the bold and original claim that Addams's reasoning in her first book, Democracy and Social Ethics, is thoroughly evolutionary. While Democracy and Social Ethics, a foundational text of classical American pragmatism, is praised for advancing a sensitive and sophisticated method of ethical deliberation, Fischer is the first to explore its intellectual roots. Examining essays Addams wrote in the 1890s and showing how they were revised for Democracy and Social Ethics, Fischer draws from philosophy, history, literature, rhetoric, and more to uncover the array of social evolutionary thought Addams engaged with in her texts-from British socialist writings on the evolution of democracy to British and German anthropological accounts of the evolution of morality. By excavating Addams's evolutionary reasoning and rhetorical strategies, Fischer reveals the depth, subtlety, and richness of Addams's thought.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. An Evolving Democracy
- Chapter 2. An Evolutionary Method of Ethical Deliberation
- Chapter 3. From Feudalism to Association
- Chapter 4. The City's Moral Geology
- Chapter 5. Educating Immigrants
- Chapter 6. Science and the Social Settlement
- Chapter 7. Constructing Democracy and Social Ethics
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2019.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780226631462
- 022663146X
- OCLC:
- 1104843916
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