Jean Bethke Elshtain
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Elshtain is an American political philosopher. She is the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics at the University of Chicago Divinity School, and is a contributing editor for ”The New Republic”. The focus of Elshtain’s work is an exploration of the relationship between politics and ethics. She has published over five hundred essays and authored and/or edited over twenty books, including ”Democracy on Trial”, ”Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power in a Violent World”, ”Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy”, ”Augustine and the Limits of Politics”, and ‘ ”Sovereignty: God, State, Self”.
Augustine and the limits of politics | Augustine and the limits of politics / | Democracy on Trial. | Democracy on trial / | Jane Addams and the dream of American democracy : | Just war against terror : | Just war theory | New wine and old bottles : | Power trips and other journeys : | Sovereignty : | Who are we? critical reflections and hopeful possibilities /