Danielle Allen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3587382 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Danielle Allen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Danielle |
| FAMILY NAME | Allen |
| SIGNATURE | ALLEN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1036-0099 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 78 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Our Common Purpose: Democratic Citizenship at America's 250th Anniversary
Creating student leaders through civics
Building on the literature of student leadership development, Natalie Sew, Adrianne Billingham Bock, and Danielle Allen share an approach to civic education: Deeper Civic Learning. This approach offers students the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills, and key civic dispositions needed to engage in their communities and develop their leadership capacities. This article shares insights from the authors’ work co-designing an 8 th -grade civ…
The religio-spiritual capital of the Black Church: A conceptual model for combatting antiblackness in the early years
Antiblackness is a form of pain, abuse, and suffering against the spirit of young Black children, necessitating a spiritual solution. • The Black Church, as an institution, has been at the forefront of foregrounding the charge for equality, equity, and social justice in the Black community. • The Black Church is a site for the development of religio-spiritual capital for young Black children. • The amalgamation of religious and spiritual capital …
The Real Dangers of Generative AI
As perhaps the most consequential technology of our time, Generative Foundation Models (GFMs) present unprecedented challenges for democratic institutions. By allowing deception and de-contextualized information sharing at a previously unimaginable scale and pace, GFMs could undermine the foundations of democracy. At the same time, the investment scale required to develop the models and the race dynamics around that development threaten to enable…
Justice by Means of Democracy
Feeling Seen
African-centered education (ACE): Strategies to advance culturally responsive pedagogy and equitable learning opportunities for young Black children
For too long, Black children's educational needs have not been prioritized with attention to their culture, language, historical and contemporary racialized experiences, and building their positive racial identity. It is critical that early childhood education settings for young children be transformed to be a place of learning and healing by centering Black children's cultural identity through African-centered education (ACE). Through ACE practi…
Situating experiences of immigrant belonging in the workplace: South Africans in the United States
In line with contemporary cultural geography migration studies that embrace a place-based approach, this article examines experiences of immigrant belonging within the underacknowledged social context of the workplace. In-depth interviews with 18 South African immigrants living and working in the Northeast region of the United States (U.S.) enabled an exploration of the subjective meanings and differential experiences of individuals while staying…
Uncovering Implicit Learning Theories in the Humanities: A Study of Grantmaking at Illinois Humanities
Background/Context In recent years, the humanities have frequently been described as “under attack” or “in crisis” in both popular media and academic writing. In this climate, it is particularly critical to develop a stronger understanding of the value of the humanities. While there are many theoretical arguments about their value, the base of empirical research that is focused on understanding how the humanities make a contribution to human deve…
Ethics across the curriculum: Detecting and describing emergent trends in ethics education
Difference without Domination: Pursuing Justice in Diverse Democracies
Integration, Freedom, and the Affirmation of Life
The Human Condition: Second Edition
The past year has seen a resurgence of interest in political thinker Hannah Arendt, the theorist of beginnings, whose work probes logics underlying unexpected transformations-from totalitarianism to revolution. A work of striking originality, The Human Condition is in many respects more relevant now than when it first appeared in 1958. In her study of state of modern humanity, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from perspective of actions of which…
How to Do Things with History: New Approaches to Ancient Greece
How to Do Things with History is a collection of essays that explores current and future approaches to the study of ancient Greek cultural history. Rather than focus directly on methodology, the essays in this volume demonstrate how some of the most productive and significant methodologies for studying ancient Greece can be employed to illuminate a range of different kinds of subject matter. These essays, which bring together the work of some of …
Toward a Connected Society
Beyond Pointing and Hoping
Jan Zwicky's fertile essays expose by contrast the aridity of much contemporary writing about the point of humanistic endeavor and intellectual life. Thinking, in her account, is importantly the work of imagination. The more common focus on critical thinking, in arguments on behalf of liberal arts pedagogy, does put a salutary emphasis on some aspects of thoughtfulness, for instance, use of evidence and argumentation, but Zwicky is right that thi…
Entertainment and its Significance in the Holiday Experience at UK Seaside Resorts
This paper reviews the significance of live entertainment in the fortunes of seaside resorts in the UK. This has, since the early days of resorts in the 19th century, usually taken the form of pleasurable and undemanding ‘light’ diversions rather than the more intellectually demanding ‘high arts’. Holidaymakers typically seek social and escapist experiences and live entertainment in theatres, concert halls and on beaches that have contributed to …
Iris Marion Young
Iris' written work has been very widely admired; she has obviously helped shape the field of democratic political theory; she has deeply influenced students. The discussion of this work will go on in books and articles until her ideas have been fully absorbed. Here I will say a little about my particular experience of her collegiality. I was Iris' junior colleague at Chicago for six years. I met Iris eight years ago this week, under a portico out…
Platonic Quandaries: Recent Scholarship on Plato
Recent scholarship on Plato falls into three categories: Straussian readings, Socratic readings, and the readings of the Chastened Utopians. The first group follows Strauss in reaffirming that Plato saw human nature as unchangeable and human political possibilities as relatively limited; on this account, the Republic is a joke that argues against all utopian projects. The second group focuses on Socrates rather than Plato, directing attention pri…
The Lower Frequencies: On Hearing the Stirrings of Transnational Partisanship
Ten years from now, what will be the dominant terms of public discourse in politics? At a dinner party in March (2005), I offered a spur-of-the-moment prediction: that the U.S. would have troops in Iraq, all told, for twenty years, by which point we (I spoke as a citizen) would have forgotten why we were there in the first place. Until then, we would stay in Iraq, I continued, in order to keep a Shiite Iraq from growing too close to a Shiite Iran…
Cultural tourism in Central and Eastern Europe: The views of ‘induced image formation agents’
Angry bees, wasps, and jurors: The symbolic politics of ὀργή in Athens
What are we to do with the ubiquitous moments of emotional intensity in Greek oratory such as the following one from Demosthenes’ prosecution of the wealthy Meidias on a charge of hubris: “All this bad behavior and his habit of adding to the troubles of people who justly defend themselves against him must be paid back with more than just my getting angry and upset while you look the other way ! It's necessary for everyone to be just as angry !” (…
Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education
"Don't talk to strangers" is the advice long given to children by parents of all classes and races. Today it has blossomed into a fundamental precept of civic education, reflecting interracial distrust, personal and political alienation, and a profound suspicion of others. In this powerful and eloquent essay, Danielle Allen, a 2002 MacArthur Fellow, takes this maxim back to Little Rock, rooting out the seeds of distrust to replace them with "a ci…
On the Sociological Imagination
Books in Review
On the Sociological Imagination
Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education
"Don't talk to strangers" is the advice long given to children by parents of all classes and races. Today it has blossomed into a fundamental precept of civic education, reflecting interracial distrust, personal and political alienation, and a profound suspicion of others. In this powerful and eloquent essay, Danielle Allen, a 2002 MacArthur Fellow, takes this maxim back to Little Rock, rooting out the seeds of distrust to replace them with "a ci…
Imprisonment in Classical Athens: I. Imprisonment as a Penalty?
Nineteenth–century scholars assumed that the Athenians as a community punished citizens with death, exile, atimia , and fines and used imprisonment only to hold those awaiting trial, those awaiting execution, and those unable to pay fines. 1 As they saw it, brief imprisonment in the stocks occasionally supplemented these penalties, but always as additional penalty–never as a penalty on its own. Barkan saw in the use of imprisonment as an addition…
The Real Dangers of Generative AI
As perhaps the most consequential technology of our time, Generative Foundation Models (GFMs) present unprecedented challenges for democratic institutions. By allowing deception and de-contextualized information sharing at a previously unimaginable scale and pace, GFMs could undermine the foundations of democracy. At the same time, the investment scale required to develop the models and the race dynamics around that development threaten to enable…
African-centered education (ACE): Strategies to advance culturally responsive pedagogy and equitable learning opportunities for young Black children
For too long, Black children's educational needs have not been prioritized with attention to their culture, language, historical and contemporary racialized experiences, and building their positive racial identity. It is critical that early childhood education settings for young children be transformed to be a place of learning and healing by centering Black children's cultural identity through African-centered education (ACE). Through ACE practi…
Cultural tourism in Central and Eastern Europe: The views of ‘induced image formation agents’
The religio-spiritual capital of the Black Church: A conceptual model for combatting antiblackness in the early years
Antiblackness is a form of pain, abuse, and suffering against the spirit of young Black children, necessitating a spiritual solution. • The Black Church, as an institution, has been at the forefront of foregrounding the charge for equality, equity, and social justice in the Black community. • The Black Church is a site for the development of religio-spiritual capital for young Black children. • The amalgamation of religious and spiritual capital …
Platonic Quandaries: Recent Scholarship on Plato
Recent scholarship on Plato falls into three categories: Straussian readings, Socratic readings, and the readings of the Chastened Utopians. The first group follows Strauss in reaffirming that Plato saw human nature as unchangeable and human political possibilities as relatively limited; on this account, the Republic is a joke that argues against all utopian projects. The second group focuses on Socrates rather than Plato, directing attention pri…
Feeling Seen
How to Do Things with History: New Approaches to Ancient Greece
How to Do Things with History is a collection of essays that explores current and future approaches to the study of ancient Greek cultural history. Rather than focus directly on methodology, the essays in this volume demonstrate how some of the most productive and significant methodologies for studying ancient Greece can be employed to illuminate a range of different kinds of subject matter. These essays, which bring together the work of some of …
Entertainment and its Significance in the Holiday Experience at UK Seaside Resorts
This paper reviews the significance of live entertainment in the fortunes of seaside resorts in the UK. This has, since the early days of resorts in the 19th century, usually taken the form of pleasurable and undemanding ‘light’ diversions rather than the more intellectually demanding ‘high arts’. Holidaymakers typically seek social and escapist experiences and live entertainment in theatres, concert halls and on beaches that have contributed to …
Iris Marion Young
Iris' written work has been very widely admired; she has obviously helped shape the field of democratic political theory; she has deeply influenced students. The discussion of this work will go on in books and articles until her ideas have been fully absorbed. Here I will say a little about my particular experience of her collegiality. I was Iris' junior colleague at Chicago for six years. I met Iris eight years ago this week, under a portico out…
A Schedule of Boundaries: An Exploration, Launched From the Water-Clock, of Athenian Time
Have you ever stopped to think what life would be like without your alarm clock, without church bells ringing out the hour, without clocks in lecture rooms? How differently would you understand the world?
Imprisonment in Classical Athens: I. Imprisonment as a Penalty?
Nineteenth–century scholars assumed that the Athenians as a community punished citizens with death, exile, atimia , and fines and used imprisonment only to hold those awaiting trial, those awaiting execution, and those unable to pay fines. 1 As they saw it, brief imprisonment in the stocks occasionally supplemented these penalties, but always as additional penalty–never as a penalty on its own. Barkan saw in the use of imprisonment as an addition…
Books in Review
Angry bees, wasps, and jurors: The symbolic politics of ὀργή in Athens
What are we to do with the ubiquitous moments of emotional intensity in Greek oratory such as the following one from Demosthenes’ prosecution of the wealthy Meidias on a charge of hubris: “All this bad behavior and his habit of adding to the troubles of people who justly defend themselves against him must be paid back with more than just my getting angry and upset while you look the other way ! It's necessary for everyone to be just as angry !” (…
Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education
"Don't talk to strangers" is the advice long given to children by parents of all classes and races. Today it has blossomed into a fundamental precept of civic education, reflecting interracial distrust, personal and political alienation, and a profound suspicion of others. In this powerful and eloquent essay, Danielle Allen, a 2002 MacArthur Fellow, takes this maxim back to Little Rock, rooting out the seeds of distrust to replace them with "a ci…
On the Sociological Imagination
The Lower Frequencies: On Hearing the Stirrings of Transnational Partisanship
Ten years from now, what will be the dominant terms of public discourse in politics? At a dinner party in March (2005), I offered a spur-of-the-moment prediction: that the U.S. would have troops in Iraq, all told, for twenty years, by which point we (I spoke as a citizen) would have forgotten why we were there in the first place. Until then, we would stay in Iraq, I continued, in order to keep a Shiite Iraq from growing too close to a Shiite Iran…
Cultural tourism in Central and Eastern Europe: The views of ‘induced image formation agents’
Platonic Quandaries: Recent Scholarship on Plato
Recent scholarship on Plato falls into three categories: Straussian readings, Socratic readings, and the readings of the Chastened Utopians. The first group follows Strauss in reaffirming that Plato saw human nature as unchangeable and human political possibilities as relatively limited; on this account, the Republic is a joke that argues against all utopian projects. The second group focuses on Socrates rather than Plato, directing attention pri…
Iris Marion Young
Iris' written work has been very widely admired; she has obviously helped shape the field of democratic political theory; she has deeply influenced students. The discussion of this work will go on in books and articles until her ideas have been fully absorbed. Here I will say a little about my particular experience of her collegiality. I was Iris' junior colleague at Chicago for six years. I met Iris eight years ago this week, under a portico out…
Entertainment and its Significance in the Holiday Experience at UK Seaside Resorts
This paper reviews the significance of live entertainment in the fortunes of seaside resorts in the UK. This has, since the early days of resorts in the 19th century, usually taken the form of pleasurable and undemanding ‘light’ diversions rather than the more intellectually demanding ‘high arts’. Holidaymakers typically seek social and escapist experiences and live entertainment in theatres, concert halls and on beaches that have contributed to …
Beyond Pointing and Hoping
Jan Zwicky's fertile essays expose by contrast the aridity of much contemporary writing about the point of humanistic endeavor and intellectual life. Thinking, in her account, is importantly the work of imagination. The more common focus on critical thinking, in arguments on behalf of liberal arts pedagogy, does put a salutary emphasis on some aspects of thoughtfulness, for instance, use of evidence and argumentation, but Zwicky is right that thi…
Toward a Connected Society
Integration, Freedom, and the Affirmation of Life
The Human Condition: Second Edition
The past year has seen a resurgence of interest in political thinker Hannah Arendt, the theorist of beginnings, whose work probes logics underlying unexpected transformations-from totalitarianism to revolution. A work of striking originality, The Human Condition is in many respects more relevant now than when it first appeared in 1958. In her study of state of modern humanity, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from perspective of actions of which…
How to Do Things with History: New Approaches to Ancient Greece
How to Do Things with History is a collection of essays that explores current and future approaches to the study of ancient Greek cultural history. Rather than focus directly on methodology, the essays in this volume demonstrate how some of the most productive and significant methodologies for studying ancient Greece can be employed to illuminate a range of different kinds of subject matter. These essays, which bring together the work of some of …
Difference without Domination: Pursuing Justice in Diverse Democracies
Uncovering Implicit Learning Theories in the Humanities: A Study of Grantmaking at Illinois Humanities
Background/Context In recent years, the humanities have frequently been described as “under attack” or “in crisis” in both popular media and academic writing. In this climate, it is particularly critical to develop a stronger understanding of the value of the humanities. While there are many theoretical arguments about their value, the base of empirical research that is focused on understanding how the humanities make a contribution to human deve…
Ethics across the curriculum: Detecting and describing emergent trends in ethics education
Situating experiences of immigrant belonging in the workplace: South Africans in the United States
In line with contemporary cultural geography migration studies that embrace a place-based approach, this article examines experiences of immigrant belonging within the underacknowledged social context of the workplace. In-depth interviews with 18 South African immigrants living and working in the Northeast region of the United States (U.S.) enabled an exploration of the subjective meanings and differential experiences of individuals while staying…
Justice by Means of Democracy
Feeling Seen
African-centered education (ACE): Strategies to advance culturally responsive pedagogy and equitable learning opportunities for young Black children
For too long, Black children's educational needs have not been prioritized with attention to their culture, language, historical and contemporary racialized experiences, and building their positive racial identity. It is critical that early childhood education settings for young children be transformed to be a place of learning and healing by centering Black children's cultural identity through African-centered education (ACE). Through ACE practi…
Creating student leaders through civics
Building on the literature of student leadership development, Natalie Sew, Adrianne Billingham Bock, and Danielle Allen share an approach to civic education: Deeper Civic Learning. This approach offers students the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills, and key civic dispositions needed to engage in their communities and develop their leadership capacities. This article shares insights from the authors’ work co-designing an 8 th -grade civ…
The religio-spiritual capital of the Black Church: A conceptual model for combatting antiblackness in the early years
Antiblackness is a form of pain, abuse, and suffering against the spirit of young Black children, necessitating a spiritual solution. • The Black Church, as an institution, has been at the forefront of foregrounding the charge for equality, equity, and social justice in the Black community. • The Black Church is a site for the development of religio-spiritual capital for young Black children. • The amalgamation of religious and spiritual capital …
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