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Jean Bethke Elshtain

American ethicist, political philosopher, and public intellectual (1941-2013) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 72

Jean Paulette Bethke Elshtain was an American ethicist, political philosopher, and public intellectual. She was the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics in the University of Chicago Divinity School with a joint appointment in the department of political science.

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Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship
Democracy Service Medal

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1941 to 2013 · aged 72