Description
A rare achievement... [Elshtain] describes a political community and a kind of citizenship that are accessible and engaging for people of both sexes, of many ethnicities and religions, with private as well as public commitments... -- Michael Walzer A landmark book... Elshtain's work is characterized by ... a desire to personalize scholarship so that we can understand the impact of the theorists' ideas on our everyday lives. -- Arlene W. Saxonhouse Jean Elshtain's book is an indispensable one for whoever wants to open out the whole set of issues about our multiple concepts of the public, and their relation to gender over the ages... -- Charles Taylor
About the Author
Jean Bethke Elshtain is Centennial Professor of Political Science and Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University.
Book Information
ISBN 9780691024769
Author Jean Bethke Elshtain
Format Paperback
Page Count 408
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publisher Princeton University Press
Weight(grams) 510g