A spirited defense of multiculturalism and the changes in higher education it has effected. Dr. Nussbaum uses the most cherished values of Western tradition to argue the importance of new fields of inquiry such as gender, minority, and gay studies.
Winner of the 1991 PEN Spielvogel-Diamondstein Prize for the Best Collection of Essays.
"…The essays presented here are based on [Dr. Nussbaum’s] considerable knowledge and understanding of classics, philosophy, and comparative literature…Her assertions are balanced, insightful, and infused with subtle humor."
– The Bloomsbury Review
An exploration of the contributions literature can make towards a more just society.
"Timely and urgent…a tract for the times in the guise of a defense of the literary imagination." – New York Times Book Review
In 15 accessible and erudite essays, Dr. Nussbaum
Makes a convincing argument for feminism and gay-rights activism as two facets of the same movement. She discusses issues as concrete as Colorado’s attempt to pass legislation that discriminated against homosexuals, and abstract issues such as the social construction of desire.
"Nussbaum is such a clear and fastidious writer that the most lay of lay readers will painlessly learn a great deal."
– New York Times Book Review
A scholarly and beautifully written account of late Greek and Roman thought, analyzing the use of philosophical argument as a technique for enabling people to grapple with fear of death, love and sexuality, anger and aggression.
A comprehensive set of essays on the implications of cloning. Includes Ian Wilmut’s original research paper reporting the existence of Dolly, the cloned sheep, as well as ethical analysis papers by Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Dawkins. Questions of nature vs. nurture will presumably be answered in the brave new world of cloning, and many of the contributors imagine the ramifications of finding out how much our lives are predestined by DNA. (Co-edited by Cass R. Sunstein)
Essay's On Aristotle's Anima
1996 Clarendon/Oxford University Press, paperback
(Co-edited by Amelia Oksenberg Rorty)
Philosophically, the conflict between patriotism and cosmopolitanism goes straight to the heart of what it means to be human. Are we political animals, forged by the peculiarities of our lives, or do we share a larger commonality? Features the work of Nathan Glazer, Gertrude Himmelfarb, and Hilary Putnam. (Co-edited by Joshua Cohen)
A collection of essays by leading economists and philosophers exploring the concept of the quality of life and its content, relevance, and ways of making it concrete. Underlying methodological problems are also examined, including cultural relativism and utility as a measure of advantage.
(Co-edited by Amartya Sen)
Dr. Nussbaum was the featured speaker at our Friday Forum on November 10th.
