Description:
A collection of articles that address Jane Addams (1860-1935) in terms of her contribution to feminist philosophy and theory through her work on culture, art, sex, society, religion, and politics.
Brief description: Maurice Hamington is Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Philosophy at Metropolitan State College of Denver.
Review Quotes:
"This well-crafted collection of essays recognizes Jane Addams as the inspiring and occasionally provocative feminist she was. Connecting Addams's pragmatism to social theory, political philosophy, queer theory, postcolonial theory, and more, the book's twelve authors sympathetically and critically explore Addams's ongoing relevance to issues of art, culture, sexuality, prostitution, religion, cosmopolitanism, public/private divisions, and community organization. Scholarly experts on Addams, as well as those discovering her feminist pragmatism for the first time, will find this volume valuable."
--Shannon Sullivan, The Pennsylvania State University