Jean Bethke Elshtain

Jean Bethke Elshtain
Jean Bethke Elshtain
Born	Jean Paulette Bethke; January 6, 1941; Windsor, Colorado, US
Died	August 11, 2013 (aged 72); Nashville, Tennessee, US
Other names	Jean Paulette Bethke Elshtain
Spouses	Norman Shaw (div. c. 1964); Errol Elshtain (m. 1965);
Academic background
Alma mater	Colorado State University; University of Wisconsin, Madison; University of Colorado; Brandeis University;
Thesis	Women and Politics (1973)
Influences	Augustine of Hippo; Reinhold Niebuhr; Michael Walzer;
Academic work
Discipline	Philosophy; political science;
Sub-discipline	Ethics; political philosophy;
School or tradition	Christian realism; communitarianism;
Institutions	University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Vanderbilt University; University of Chicago;
Main interests	Just war theory
Notable works	Democracy on Trial (1995)

Jean Paulette Bethke Elshtain (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.

Jean Bethke Elshtain
Born	Jean Paulette Bethke (1941-01-06)January 6, 1941 Windsor, Colorado, US
Died	August 11, 2013(2013-08-11) (aged 72) Nashville, Tennessee, US
Other names	Jean Paulette Bethke Elshtain
Spouses	Norman Shaw (div. c. 1964) Errol Elshtain (m. 1965)

Academic background
Alma mater	Colorado State University University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Colorado Brandeis University
Thesis	Women and Politics (1973)
Influences	Augustine of Hippo Reinhold Niebuhr Michael Walzer
Academic work
Discipline	Philosophy political science
Sub-discipline	Ethics political philosophy
School or tradition	Christian realism communitarianism
Institutions	University of Massachusetts, Amherst Vanderbilt University University of Chicago
Main interests	Just war theory
Notable works	Democracy on Trial (1995)