A Nobel Trinity: Jane Addams,Emily Greene Balch and Alva Myrdal |
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Authors: | Barbara A Misztal |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK |
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Abstract: | The aim of the paper is to present unusual achievements of three women sociologists who won the Nobel Peace Prize. Its goal
is also to contribute to a long standing discussion of the role sociologists as public intellectuals. By focusing on Addams,
Balch and Myrdal’s scholarly and public life, the paper demonstrates what social scientists can offer in the role of public
intellectuals and debates what are the source of intellectuals’ public standing. The paper concludes by arguing that these
three intellectuals’ successful achievement of their goals was possible because of their professional credential and because
of their courage to take on risky actions for purposes to institutionalise social or cultural change. |
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