Bøger af Martha Nussbaum

I dette centrale værk fra en af verdens førende filosoffer undersøges vrede og tilgivelse, og begge begreber sættes gennem Nussbaums indsigtsfulde analyse i et forbløffende nyt lys. Vrede kan både være personligt og politisk drevet, og mens mange tror, at retfærdigheden ikke kan værnes om uden vrede over uretfærdigheden, viser og advarer Nussbaum mod en destruktiv side af vreden.Nussbaum undersøger vreden både i intime relationer, dagligdags interaktioner, på arbejdspladsen, i det strafferetlige system og i bevægelser for social forandring. Værket er således et værktøj, vi har akut brug for til at forstå tidens protestbevægelser, og hvordan de kan føre til reel forandring og ikke kun forbitrelse.“Martha C. Nussbaum er den største nulevende filosof.”Svend Brinkmann

After the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, American flags appeared everywhere. Is patriotism a good response at a time of national crisis? What does it mean for us to think of ourselves as a nation first?With our connections to the world growing stronger and more vital than ever, Martha C. Nussbaum argues that we should distrust conventional patriotism as parochial and instead see ourselves first of all as "citizens of the world." Sixteen prominent writers and thinkers respond, including Benjamin R. Barber, Sissela Bok, Nathan Glazer, Robert Pinsky, Elaine Scarry, Amartya Sen, and Michael Walzer.NEW DEMOCRACY FORUMA series of short paperback originals exploring creative solutions to our most urgent national concerns. The series editors (for Boston Review), Joshua Cohen and Joel Rogers, aim to foster politically engaged, intellectually honest, and morally serious debate about fundamental issues-both on and off the agenda of conventional politics.

In one of greatest triumphs of the colonial and Revolutionary periods, the founders of the future US overcame religious intolerance in favour of a constitutional order dedicated to fair treatment for people's deeply held conscientious beliefs. This title presents a historical and conceptual study of the American tradition of religious freedom.