Joel Winkelman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4389962 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joel Winkelman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joel |
| FAMILY NAME | Winkelman |
| SIGNATURE | WINKELMAN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8145-9427 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Philanthropy in and as Political Science
David Foster Wallace and the Audience of Democratic Authority
This article analyzes the thought of American political writer David Foster Wallace. It argues that Wallace’s primary concern as a political writer was the disappearance of authority in contemporary American life, a condition that should be neither celebrated with postmodern irony nor lamented with reactionary conservatism. Instead, Wallace sought a middle way through the seemingly intractable political and cultural conflict of the late twentieth…
John Dewey’s Theory of Vocation
This article explores the concept of vocation in the political theory of John Dewey. Primarily relying on his political thought from the years prior to World War I, it analyzes in particular his early books and periodical essays, along with his lectures to teachers’ organizations, talks before groups of political activists, and seminars at the University of Chicago from this time. Using these early and formative sources, it argues that Dewey’s th…
A Working Democracy: Jane Addams on the Meaning of Work
By exploring Addams's lifelong fascination with work, this essay analyzes the ways in which her understanding of work fundamentally shaped her wider political vision. For Addams, work was the foundation of not only a personal sense of identity, but also a collective democratic character. The workplace had the potential to be the model of a cooperative community, providing a venue for social solidarity and civic reciprocity. By working together, A…
Herbert Croly on Work and Democracy
This article explores the meaning of work for American democracy through a study of the writings of the Progressive political theorist Herbert Croly. Drawing primarily on his two principal political writings, The Promise of American Life and Progressive Democracy, the article interprets his political thought as an attempt to realize democracy by changing the way Americans think about work. Close attention is paid to his views on three topics: occ…
A Working Democracy: Jane Addams on the Meaning of Work
By exploring Addams's lifelong fascination with work, this essay analyzes the ways in which her understanding of work fundamentally shaped her wider political vision. For Addams, work was the foundation of not only a personal sense of identity, but also a collective democratic character. The workplace had the potential to be the model of a cooperative community, providing a venue for social solidarity and civic reciprocity. By working together, A…
Herbert Croly on Work and Democracy
This article explores the meaning of work for American democracy through a study of the writings of the Progressive political theorist Herbert Croly. Drawing primarily on his two principal political writings, The Promise of American Life and Progressive Democracy, the article interprets his political thought as an attempt to realize democracy by changing the way Americans think about work. Close attention is paid to his views on three topics: occ…
Herbert Croly on Work and Democracy
This article explores the meaning of work for American democracy through a study of the writings of the Progressive political theorist Herbert Croly. Drawing primarily on his two principal political writings, The Promise of American Life and Progressive Democracy, the article interprets his political thought as an attempt to realize democracy by changing the way Americans think about work. Close attention is paid to his views on three topics: occ…
A Working Democracy: Jane Addams on the Meaning of Work
By exploring Addams's lifelong fascination with work, this essay analyzes the ways in which her understanding of work fundamentally shaped her wider political vision. For Addams, work was the foundation of not only a personal sense of identity, but also a collective democratic character. The workplace had the potential to be the model of a cooperative community, providing a venue for social solidarity and civic reciprocity. By working together, A…
John Dewey’s Theory of Vocation
This article explores the concept of vocation in the political theory of John Dewey. Primarily relying on his political thought from the years prior to World War I, it analyzes in particular his early books and periodical essays, along with his lectures to teachers’ organizations, talks before groups of political activists, and seminars at the University of Chicago from this time. Using these early and formative sources, it argues that Dewey’s th…
David Foster Wallace and the Audience of Democratic Authority
This article analyzes the thought of American political writer David Foster Wallace. It argues that Wallace’s primary concern as a political writer was the disappearance of authority in contemporary American life, a condition that should be neither celebrated with postmodern irony nor lamented with reactionary conservatism. Instead, Wallace sought a middle way through the seemingly intractable political and cultural conflict of the late twentieth…
Philanthropy in and as Political Science
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