Jane Addams stands as perhaps one of the most prominent female voices in social theory of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. While built through books, essays, journal articles, and speeches, her intellectual legacy has seldom been recognized as academic by contemporary audiences. Yet, over the last forty years, her contributions to sociology, philosophy, conceptions of democracy, inquiry, feminism, care ethics, community engagement, social ethics, community engagement, peace, municipal governance, social justice, and more have emerged and received traction in the scholarly literature. The Oxford Handbook of Jane Addams is a selective collection of original analyses offered by an international group of social and political theorists who have contributed to the burgeoning field of Addams Studies.\nThis Handbook is a testament to the maturity of contemporary Jane Addams studies. Less than a half-century ago, such a scholarly collection would have been considered unwarranted. Despite intellectually influencing her contemporaries, Addams was marginalized as an original thinker for much of the 20th century. Today, a resurgence of academic work led by feminist scholars such as Mary Jo Deegan and Charlene Haddock Seigfried has restored Addams to her rightful place as an essential intellectual pioneer with ongoing significance. This collection pays particular attention to her contributions to scholarly fields of sociology and philosophy as well as to more professional disciplines of public administration and social work. Furthermore, this volume signifies Addams's global impact as scholars from all over the world contribute to the tapestry of her intellectual legacy. The 38 chapters in this volume are divided into six sections: Addams, Democracy and Social Theory; Addams and Her 
Contemporaries; Addams Across Disciplines; Addams, Peace and International Relations; Addams on Knowledge and Methods; and Addams and Social Practice. A major focus of The Oxford Handbook of Jane Addams is how Addams's insights remain relevant when confronting today's social challenges.

The Oxford Handbook of Jane Addams (OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES)

Politics & Social Sciences

Hamington, Maurice

Soeters, Joseph

Shields, Patricia M.

Philosophy

Oxford University Press

Until now, ethicists have said little about the body, limiting their comments on it to remarks made in passing or, at best, devoting a chapter to the subject. Embodied Care is the first work to argue for the body's centrality to care ethics, doing so by analyzing our corporeality at the phenomenological level. It develops the idea that our bodies are central to our morality, paying particular attention to the ways we come to care for one another. Hamington's argues that human bodies are "built to care"; as a result, embodiment must be recognized as a central factor in moral consideration. He takes the reader on an exciting journey from modern care ethics to Merleau-Ponty's philosophy of the body and then to Jane Addams's social activism and philosophy. The ideas in Embodied Care do not lead to yet another competing theory of morality; rather, they progress through theory and case studies to suggest that no theory of morality can be complete without a full consideration of the body.

Embodied Care: Jane Addams, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Feminist Ethics

University of Illinois Press

Although there has been a resurgence of scholarly interest in Jane Addams, much of the recent literature has dwelt more on her extraordinary and pioneering life than on the philosophical contribution of her twelve books and hundreds of published articles. This study is the first book-length work to focus entirely on Addams as a philosopher, a moral and political theorist who was steeped in the classic American Pragmatist tradition but who transcended that tradition to emphasize the significance of gender, race, and class.
Exploring Addams's contribution to epistemology, ethics, and feminist theory, Maurice Hamington sets the intellectual framework for Addams's social philosophy by discussing her influences, her particular brand of feminism, and finally her unique analytical perspective, which she described as "sympathetic knowledge." The book also investigates how Addams applied her social philosophy to issues of politics, women's rights, prostitution, business ethics, education, and religion.
Addams's philosophical work remains relevant to current feminist ethical discourse, and The Social Philosophy of Jane Addams leads to an understanding of a cosmopolitan theorist who eschewed ideological stances in favor of intermediary steps toward social progress.

The Social Philosophy of Jane Addams

History

Americas

Hail Mary? examines the sexist and misogynist themes that underlie the socially constructed religious imagery of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Maurice Hamington explores the sources for three prominent Marian images: Mary as the "the blessed Virgin," Mary, the "Mediatrix"; and Mary, "the second Eve." Hamington critiques these images for the valorization of sexist forces with the Catholic Church that serve to maintain systems of oppression against women. In challenging dominant, religious representations of Mary, Hamington surveys a variety of emerging reinterpretations of Mary. He then provides a framework for further study of "non-alienating" images of Mary.

Hail Mary?: The Struggle for Ultimate Womanhood in

Social Sciences

Routledge

Revolutionary Care

Hamington is one of the world's leading theorists of care theory, particularly as applied to social/political issues. Hamington has multi-year involvement not only publishing many books and articles but also with positions in associations (such as the Care Ethics Research Consortium (CERC), the Melele Center of Philosophy for Care), editorial boards (Peeters Ethics of Care Book Series, Feminist Formations), and research projects such as the Care Aesthetics: Research Exploration (CARE). His name alone will make this book attractive in university course across the U.S. and as essential material for care ethics researchers. The book explores the thinking and writing of many disciplines, including both traditional and non-traditional sources. In particular, the arguments utilize new scholarship in care ethics, including authors of color, queer scholars, and indigenous thinkers. The social sciences and the humanities are drawn from as well. Transdisciplinary - areas of study this book would readily apply to include ethics, political theory/science, sociology, and women and gender studies. There is a new wave of care ethics scholars, programs, and classes building on the first wave (Gilligan, Noddings, Tronto). The care ethical literature is burgeoning and care ethics itself is now a core ethical theory that is being taught in undergraduate and graduate courses. This is the golden era of the care ethical literature - there is enough literature to draw on and readily advance, but not so much that the literature is saturated. Includes applications to several controversial areas/topics such as feminism and toxic masculinity, socialism and care economy, humanism and posthumanism, environmentalism, pacifism, anti-racism, and veganism. Hamington uses plain language as much as possible and to avoid theoretical or philosophical jargon or terminology. Extensive examples, including chapter-opening vignettes and poetry, make the reading engaging.

Care Ethics and Poetry

Care Ethics and Poetry is the first book to address the relationship between poetry and feminist care ethics.&nbsp; The authors argue that morality, and more specifically, moral progress, is a product of inquiry, imagination, and confronting new experiences. Engaging poetry, therefore, can contribute to the habits necessary for a robust moral life--specifically, caring.&nbsp; Each chapter offers poems that can provoke considerations of moral relations without explicitly moralizing. The book contributes to valorizing poetry and aesthetic experience as much as it does to reassessing how we think about care ethics.&nbsp;

Literature & Fiction

Rosenow, Ce

History & Criticism

Palgrave Pivot

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The Oxford Handbook of Jane Addams (OXFORD HANDBOOKS SERIES)

Embodied Care: Jane Addams, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Feminist Ethics

The Social Philosophy of Jane Addams

Hail Mary?: The Struggle for Ultimate Womanhood in

Revolutionary Care

Revolutionary Care

Care Ethics and Poetry

Care Ethics and Poetry