Martha C Nussbaum: 31 books
Politieke emoties
waarom een rechtvaardige samenleving niet zonder liefde kan
Language: Dutch
Release Date: March 13, 2014
Martha Nussbaum is een van s werelds invloedrijkste politieke denkers. In haar nieuwe boek 'Politieke emoties' voegt zij haar belangrijkste gedachtegoed de filosofie van emoties en de theorie van sociale rechtvaardigheid samen tot een pleidooi voor meer empathie in het politieke denken. In de moderne...
From Disgust to Humanity
Sexual Orientation and Constitutional Law
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2010
A distinguished professor of law and philosophy at the University of Chicago, a prolific writer and award-winning thinker, Martha Nussbaum stands as one of our foremost authorities on law, justice, freedom, morality, and emotion. In From Disgust to Humanity, Nussbaum aims her considerable intellectual...
Anger and Forgiveness
Resentment, Generosity, Justice
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Anger is not just ubiquitous, it is also popular. Many people think it is impossible to care sufficiently for justice without anger at injustice. Many believe that it is impossible for individuals to vindicate their own self-respect or to move beyond an injury without anger. To not feel anger in those...
by Martha C. Nussbaum
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 21, 2012
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 21, 2012
Quale ragione ha spinto diversi giornali ad attribuire la strage di 77 norvegesi a non meglio precisati estremisti islamici, finché non è stato chiarito che l’esecutore era un terrorista xenofobo autoctono? Perché la Svizzera, un paese con quattro minareti, indice un referendum per proibire questi...
Not for Profit
Why Democracy Needs the Humanities - Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
In this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education.
Historically, the humanities have been central to education because they have been seen as essential for creating competent democratic...
by Martha C. Nussbaum
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2000
What does it mean to respect the dignity of a human being? What sort of support do human capacities demand from the world, and how should we think about this support when we encounter differences of gender or sexuality? How should we think about each other across divisions that a legacy of injustice...
Extending Political Liberalism
A Selection from Rawls's Political Liberalism, edited by Thom Brooks and Martha C. Nussbaum
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Widely hailed as one of the most significant works in modern political philosophy, John Rawls's Political Liberalism (1993) defended a powerful vision of society that respects reasonable ways of life, both religious and secular. These core values have never been more critical as anxiety grows over...
The Monarchy of Fear
A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
From one of the world’s most celebrated moral philosophers comes a thorough examination of the current political crisis and recommendations for how to mend our divided country.
For decades Martha C. Nussbaum has been an acclaimed scholar and humanist, earning dozens of honors for her books...
Cultivating Humanity
A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1998
How can higher education today create a community of critical thinkers and searchers for truth that transcends the boundaries of class, gender, and nation? Martha C. Nussbaum, philosopher and classicist, argues that contemporary curricular reform is already producing such “citizens of the world”...
Hiding from Humanity
Disgust, Shame, and the Law
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
Should laws about sex and pornography be based on social conventions about what is disgusting? Should felons be required to display bumper stickers or wear T-shirts that announce their crimes? This powerful and elegantly written book, by one of America's most influential philosophers, presents a critique...
Philosophical Interventions
Reviews 1986-2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
This volume collects the notable published book reviews of Martha C. Nussbaum, an acclaimed philosopher who is also a professor of law and a public intellectual. Her academic work focuses on questions of moral and political philosophy and on the nature of the emotions. But over the past 25 years she...
Woede en vergeving
wrok, ruimhartigheid, gerechtigheid
Language: Dutch
Release Date: November 3, 2016
‘Woede en vergeving’ van Martha Nussbaum (o.a. hoogleraar recht en ethiek aan de universiteit van Chicago) is een pleidooi voor grootmoedigheid, rechtvaardigheid en waarheid als alternatief voor woede, wraak en, verrassend genoeg, vergeving. Nussbaum betoogt dat de invoering van het rechtssysteem...
De breekbaarheid van het goede
geluk en ethiek in de Griekse filosofie en literatuur
Language: Dutch
Release Date: January 27, 2011
In De breekbaarheid van het goede bestudeert Martha Nussbaum verschillende opvattingen over moreel geluk uit de Oudheid. Daarbij gaat ze in op het fundamentele ethische probleem van de weerloosheid van het waardevolle: dat wat de klassieke filosofen als grondleggend beschouwen voor een goed en gelukkig...
Oplevingen van het denken
over de menselijke emoties
Language: Dutch
Release Date: January 27, 2011
Oplevingen van het denken' is het magnum opus van Martha Nussbaum. Dit meesterstuk is gewijd aan de emoties. Nussbaum laat zien hoe door de eeuwen heen gedacht en geschreven is over de emoties, niet alleen in de filosofie, maar ook in de literatuur en andere kunsten: zij ontleent diepe inzichten aan...