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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.
This 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.
Contents
Foreword: Charlene Haddock Seigfried
Chapter 1: Introduction: On The Maturation Of Addams Studies--A Figure of Vital Intellectual and Practical Significance
Patricia M. Shields, Political Science, Texas State University, Maurice Hamington, Portland State University, Joseph Soeters, Tilburg University
Section 1. Addams, Democracy, and Social Theory
Edited by Patricia Shields
Chapter 2: Jane Addams's Democratic Vision
Carol Nackenoff, Political Science, Swarthmore College
Chapter 3: Vital Lies and the Fate of Democracy
Scott L. Pratt, University of Oregon
Chapter 4: Jane Addams: Care-Centered Leadership and the Democratic Community
DeLysa Burnier, Political Science, Ohio University
Chapter 5: Jane Addams and Richard Rorty: The Philosophy and Practice of Pragmatist Social Ethics
Chris Voparil, Philosophy, Union Institute & University
Chapter 6: Labor Unions as A Factor in A Democracy
Maurice Hamington, Philosophy, Portland State University
Section 2. Addams And Her Contemporaries editor Joseph Soeters
Chapter 7: The Complimentary Feminist-Pragmatism of Jane Addams and George Herbert Mead: Bending Toward Justice
Barbara J. Lowe, Philosophy, St. John Fisher College
Chapter 8: Legacies of Jane Addams and W.E.B. Du Bois: Lessons for Scholarship on Diversity and Inclusion in Organizations
Obie Clayton Jr., June Gary Hopps, Shena Leverett Brown, Chris Strickland, Clark Atlanta University, University of Georgia
Chapter 9: Jane Addams and John Dewey
Shane J. Ralston, Philosophy, Northwestern University
Chapter 10: Jane Addams and William James on Sport and Relaxation
Erin C. Tarver, Philosophy, Emory University and Shannon Sullivan, Philosophy, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Chapter 11: Jane Addams and Mary Parker Follett's Search for Cooperation
Joseph Soeters, Organizational Sociology, Tilburg University
Chapter 12: Hull House Social Change Methodology and New Deal Reforms
Judy D. Whipps, Philosophy, Grand Valley State University
Chapter 13: Intersections of Race, Gender, and Class in Jane Addams's Political Friendships
Wynne Walker Moskop, Political Science, St. Louis University
Section 3. Addams Across Disciplines
Edited by Maurice Hamington
Chapter 14: Inhabiting Reality: The Literary Art of Jane Addams
Katherine Joslin. English, Western Michigan University
Chapter 15: A Biographer's Angle on Jane Addams's Feminism
Louise W. Knight. Communications, Northwestern University
Chapter 16: Jane Addams and Public Administration: Clarifying Industrial Citizenship
Patricia M. Shields. Political Science, Texas State University
Chapter 17: Jane Addams on Play, Education, and Ethical Teaching
Nuria Sara Miras Boronat. Philosophy, University of Barcelona
Chapter 18: Dialogue, Agency, and Liminality: Jane Addams and Feminist Pragmatism
Amrita Banerjee. Philosophy, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Chapter 19: Public Administration and Social Equity: Catching up to Jane Addams
Nuri Heckler. Public Administration, University of Nebraska
Chapter 20: Was Jane Addams a Sociologist?
Kaspar Villadsen. Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School
Section 4. Addams, Peace, and International Relations
Edited by Joseph Soeters
Chapter 21: Peace Pragmatism: Jane Addams's Role in Feminist International Relations
Jacqui True, Politics and International Relations, Monash University
Chapter 22: Jane Addams, Expansive Masculinity, and the Fragility of War Virtues
Tadd Ruetenik, Philosophy, St. Ambrose University
Chapter 23: Jane Addams and the Noble Art of Peaceweaving
Patricia M. Shields, Political Science, Texas State University, and Joseph Soeters, Organizational Sociology, Tilburg University
Chapter 24: Strange Encounters? Contemporary Field Researchers and Six Lessons from Jane Addams
Chiara Ruffa, Security, Political Science, and International Relations, Uppsala University, and Chiara Tulp, Peace and Conflict, Uppsala University
Chapter 25: Jane Addams and Twenty-First Century Refugee Resettlement: Toward the Substitution of Nurture for Warfare
Tess Varner, Philosophy, Concordia College
Section 5. Addams on Knowledge and Methods
Edited by Maurice Hamington
Chapter 26: Addams's Methodologies of Writing, Thinking, and Activism
Marilyn Fischer, Philosophy, University of Dayton
Chapter 27: Hull House Maps And Papers, 1895: A Feminist Research Approach to Urban Inequalities by Jane Addams And Florence Kelley
Nuria Font-Casaseca, University of Barcelona
Chapter 28: Jane Addams's Approach to Wicked Problems: Designing in, With, and Across
Danielle Lake, Philosophy, Elon University
Chapter 29: 'Jane Addams's Use of Story in Sociological Research: "As no one but a neighbor can see." Patricia Madoo Lengermann, Sociology, George Washington University, and Gillian Niebrugge, Sociology, George Washington University
Chapter 30: Jane Addams and the Return to Settlement Sociology: Inspiration for How to Help Others in the Digital Age
Erik Schneiderhan, Sociology, University of Toronto and Kaitlyn Quinn, University of Toronto
Chapter 31: Jane Addams's Pragmatist Feminist Thoughts and Actions for and with Ill and Disabled Women
Claudia Gillberg, Education, Jonkoping University
Chapter 32: Making the Jane Addams Papers Accessible to New Audiences
Cathy Moran Hajo, History, Ramapo College
Section 6. Addams and Social Practice
Edited by Patricia Shields
Chapter 33: Jane Addams and Settlement Sociology
Ann Oakley, Sociology, University College London
Chapter 34: Social Ethics for Ecological and Community Resilience: Jane Addams and the Environment
Heather E. Keith, Philosophy, Radford University
Chapter 35: Jane Addams's Education, Hull-House, and Current-Day Civic Engagement Practices in Higher Education: Coming Full Circle
Belinda M. Wholeben, Psychology (Emerita), Rockford University and Mary Weaks-Baxter, English, Rockford University
Chapter 36: Jane Addams and Epistemic Agency in Contemporary Social Work
Aino Kääriäinen, Social Work, University of Helsinki and Heidi Muurinen, Social Work, University of Helsinki
Chapter 37: Affect and Emotion in Jane Addams
Clara Fischer, Feminist Theory, Queen's University Belfast
Chapter 38: Epilogue: Jane Addams's Contemporary Relevance
Patricia M. Shields, Political Science, Texas State University, Maurice Hamington, Portland State University, Joseph Soeters, Tilburg University
