Harvard Book Store Friday Forum Series	November 10th, 2000

Other books authored by Martha Nussbaum Cultivating Humanity A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education 1998, Harvard University Press, paperback 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.	Women and Human Development Profile of Martha Nussbaum other titles from Martha Nussbaum
Love's Knowledge Essays on Philosophy & Literature 1990, Oxford University Press, paperback 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
Poetic Justice The Literary Imagination and Public Life 1997, Beacon Press, paperback 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
Sex and Social Justice 2000, Oxford University Press, paperback 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
The Therapy of Desire Theories and Practice of Hellenistic Ethics 1996, Princeton University Press, paperback 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.
Books edited by Martha Nussbaum
Clones & Clones Facts and Fantasies about Human Cloning 1999, W.W.Norton & Company, paperback 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)
For Love of Country Debating the Limits of Patriotism 1996, Beacon Press, paperback 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)
Quality of Life 1993, Oxford University Press, paperback 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 will be the featured speaker at our Friday Forum on November 10th. Friday, November 10th, 2000, 3pm Harvard Book Store 1256 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Other Friday Forum events....