Open Access Edition of Evolutionary Theorizing Constructing Democracy and Social Ethics by Marilyn Fischer

FAIN: DR-286807-22

University of Chicago (Chicago, IL 60637-5418)
Alan Thomas (Project Director: November 2021 to January 2025)

This project will publish the book Jane Addams Evolutionary Theorizing: Constructing Democracy and Social Ethics by Marilyn Fischer NEH grant number FB-56886-13 in an electronic open access format under a Creative Commons license, making it available for free download and distribution. The author will be paid a royalty of at least $500 upon release of the open access ebook.

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Jane Addams’s Evolutionary Theorizing: Constructing “Democracy and Social Ethics”, (Book)
Title: Jane Addams’s Evolutionary Theorizing: Constructing “Democracy and Social Ethics”,
Author: Marilyn Fischer
Abstract: 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.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/J/bo38871596.html
Primary URL Description: Product page for the book on the publisher's website, which includes link to open-access edition.
Secondary URL: https://bibliopen.org/9780226631462
Secondary URL Description: Open-access ebook edition on the repository site BibliOpen.org: Open Access Scholarly Publishing.
Access Model: Open Access
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 9780226631462
Copy sent to NEH?: No

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