Jean Bethke Elshtain

Jean Bethke Elshtain
Born
Jean Paulette Bethke

(1941-01-06)January 6, 1941
Windsor, Colorado, US
DiedAugust 11, 2013(2013-08-11) (aged 72)
Nashville, Tennessee, US
Other namesJean Paulette Bethke Elshtain
Spouses
  • Norman Shaw[4] (div. c. 1964)[5]
  • Errol Elshtain
    ​
    (m. 1965)​
    [4]
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisWomen and Politics (1973)
Influences
Academic work
Discipline
Sub-discipline
School or tradition
Institutions
Main interestsJust war theory[3]
Notable worksDemocracy on Trial (1995)[3]

Jean Paulette Bethke Elshtain[6] (January 6, 1941 – August 11, 2013) 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.[7]

  1. ^ a b Gordon, David (2018). "Review of Jean Bethke Elshtain: Politics, Ethics, and Society, by Michael Le Chevallier". Library Journal. Vol. 143, no. 8. Media Source. p. 69. ISSN 0363-0277. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Paul 2002, p. 100.
  3. ^ a b Schudel, Matt (August 17, 2013). "Jean Bethke Elshtain, Scholar and Ethicist, Dies at 72". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Erickson & Le Chevallier 2018.
  5. ^ Elshtain 2000, p. 81.
  6. ^ "Jean Paulette Bethke Elshtain". Fort Collins, Colorado: Bohlender Funeral Chapel. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  7. ^ "Elshtain", Faculty, University of Chicago Divinity School, archived from the original on August 27, 2013, retrieved September 22, 2005.