Nora Hanagan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4247293 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nora Hanagan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nora |
| FAMILY NAME | Hanagan |
| SIGNATURE | HANAGAN N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Jane Addams and Snobbery as a Democratic Vice
Remembering Thomas Spragens
Creative, Good Will for All Men
This essay considers how Ruth Grant’s understanding of hypocrisy and integrity might be applied to Martin Luther King Jr. Putting Grant and King in conversation, I argue, helps democratic citizens and theorists think about political ethics in contexts of extreme inequality
Democratic Responsibility
The Citizen, the Baker, and the Candlestick Maker
In many ways, the contemporary Slow Food movement is the heir to the early twentieth-century Arts and Crafts movement. Both movements believe that democratic societies should restructure their economic systems so as to ensure that workers and consumers are able to experience pleasure. In this article, I examine how prominent advocates of artisanal crafts understand the relationship between democracy, economics, and pleasure. Drawing on the ideas …
Democratic Responsibility
American society is often described as one that celebrates self-reliance and personal responsibility. However, abolitionists, progressive reformers, civil rights activists, and numerous others often held their fellow citizens responsible for shared problems such as economic exploitation and white supremacy. Moreover, they viewed recognizing and responding to shared problems as essential to achieving democratic ideals. In Democratic Responsibility…
From Agrarian Dreams to Democratic Realities
Wendell Berry’s claim that local food economies are the only viable alternative to an agro-food system that cares more about profit than either environmental health or human well-being has generated considerable controversy. The strengths and limitations of Berry’s vision, I argue, stem from its indebtedness to Jeffersonian republicanism. Furthermore, I demonstrate that John Dewey’s The Public and Its Problems offers an alternative to Jeffersonia…
Democratizing Responsibility
Jane Addams’s approach to responsibility deserves attention from contemporary theorists, largely because it is rooted in a pragmatist understanding of democracy. As a pragmatist, Addams stresses that democracy is a “rule of living,” not simply a set of political institutions. Democratically committed citizens, she argues, must share responsibility for harms arising from processes to which they are connected. They also must learn from and work wit…
From Agrarian Dreams to Democratic Realities
Wendell Berry’s claim that local food economies are the only viable alternative to an agro-food system that cares more about profit than either environmental health or human well-being has generated considerable controversy. The strengths and limitations of Berry’s vision, I argue, stem from its indebtedness to Jeffersonian republicanism. Furthermore, I demonstrate that John Dewey’s The Public and Its Problems offers an alternative to Jeffersonia…
Democratizing Responsibility
Jane Addams’s approach to responsibility deserves attention from contemporary theorists, largely because it is rooted in a pragmatist understanding of democracy. As a pragmatist, Addams stresses that democracy is a “rule of living,” not simply a set of political institutions. Democratically committed citizens, she argues, must share responsibility for harms arising from processes to which they are connected. They also must learn from and work wit…
Democratizing Responsibility
Jane Addams’s approach to responsibility deserves attention from contemporary theorists, largely because it is rooted in a pragmatist understanding of democracy. As a pragmatist, Addams stresses that democracy is a “rule of living,” not simply a set of political institutions. Democratically committed citizens, she argues, must share responsibility for harms arising from processes to which they are connected. They also must learn from and work wit…
From Agrarian Dreams to Democratic Realities
Wendell Berry’s claim that local food economies are the only viable alternative to an agro-food system that cares more about profit than either environmental health or human well-being has generated considerable controversy. The strengths and limitations of Berry’s vision, I argue, stem from its indebtedness to Jeffersonian republicanism. Furthermore, I demonstrate that John Dewey’s The Public and Its Problems offers an alternative to Jeffersonia…
Democratic Responsibility
The Citizen, the Baker, and the Candlestick Maker
In many ways, the contemporary Slow Food movement is the heir to the early twentieth-century Arts and Crafts movement. Both movements believe that democratic societies should restructure their economic systems so as to ensure that workers and consumers are able to experience pleasure. In this article, I examine how prominent advocates of artisanal crafts understand the relationship between democracy, economics, and pleasure. Drawing on the ideas …
Democratic Responsibility
American society is often described as one that celebrates self-reliance and personal responsibility. However, abolitionists, progressive reformers, civil rights activists, and numerous others often held their fellow citizens responsible for shared problems such as economic exploitation and white supremacy. Moreover, they viewed recognizing and responding to shared problems as essential to achieving democratic ideals. In Democratic Responsibility…
Creative, Good Will for All Men
This essay considers how Ruth Grant’s understanding of hypocrisy and integrity might be applied to Martin Luther King Jr. Putting Grant and King in conversation, I argue, helps democratic citizens and theorists think about political ethics in contexts of extreme inequality
Remembering Thomas Spragens
Jane Addams and Snobbery as a Democratic Vice
Democracy (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works)