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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195110323
ISBN-139780195110326
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Number of Pages488 Pages
Publication NameSex and Social Justice
LanguageEnglish
SubjectFeminism & Feminist Theory, Mind & Body, Gender Studies
Publication Year1999
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Social Science
AuthorMartha C. Nussbaum
FormatHardcover
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Item Weight28.8 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.4 in
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Reviews"Animated by an acute moral sensibility, at once level-headed and erudite, open and committed, literate and concrete, Sex and Social Justice gives us this philosopher for our time at her engaged luminous scintillating best."--Catharine A. MacKinnon, Professor of Law, University of Michigan LawSchool, "Professor Nussbaum's new collection of essays is most welcome. She writesin the best tradition of the public intellectual: the work is at once temperateand passionate, scholarly and imaginative, and the topics she treats have bothpractical and intellectual importance. Nussbaum is creating a new liberalism,one enriched and enlarged by her careful attention to liberalisms owncritics."--Louise M. Antony, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, What emerges is a new version of feminism capable of articulating theories of both national and global justice ... the detailed analyses which the book provides do present a vast resource of information on global issues of religion, practices of circumcision and homosexuality., "Nussbaum is a voice of good sense and goodwill, and a reminder, for thosewho need it, that sex is the scene of some of the worst injustices in theworld."--Thomas Nagel, The New Republic, Erudite collection of essays ... For Nussbaum, liberalism and feminism are indivisible, and her essays elegantly resolve many of the problems this has appeared to present ... Like all good liberal philosophy, Sex and Social Justice manages to inspire even as it confronts awesome injustice., "Sex and Social Justice contains a good deal of wisdom and sensitivity. Few writers can match the extent of Nussbaum's philosophical, legal, and factual knowledge, and her skill in bringing this knowledge to analysis of pressing contemporary moral problems."--Ethics, "The publication of Sex and Social Justice is a major intellectual eventfor anyone concerned with justice for women and for those discriminated againstbecause of sexual orientation. Often addressing these issues on a global scale,Martha Nussbaum presents here a valuable collection of explicitly feministpapers that have mostly been previously published but have since beenextensively revised. Carefully researched and often revealing brilliantinsights, these essays by one of our major public intellectuals should be widelyread and influential."--Susan Moller Okin, Marta Sutton Weeks Professor ofEthics in Society and Professor of Political Science, Stanford University, "Animated by an acute moral sensibility, at once level-headed and erudite,open and committed, literate and concrete, Sex and Social Justice gives us thisphilosopher for our time at her engaged luminous scintillating best."--CatharineA. MacKinnon, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School, "In Sex and Social Justice, Martha Nussbaum envisions a world unimaginably different from our own--a world in which all the world's people, men and women, live in mutual respect and common dignity; a world in which sex is not an occasion for abuse and humiliation; a world in which prudes arerecognized as the true perverts. A liberal, a feminist, and an internationalist, Nussbaum is, above all, a remarkable humanist, with a capacious intellect and a generous sensibility. Her lucid and powerful essays provoke the mind, touch the heart, and reveal possibilities for constructive politicalremedy."--Joshua Cohen, Professor of Philosophy and Political Science, MIT; editor, Boston Review, "The publication of Sex and Social Justice is a major intellectual event for anyone concerned with justice for women and for those discriminated against because of sexual orientation. Often addressing these issues on a global scale, Martha Nussbaum presents here a valuable collection ofexplicitly feminist papers that have mostly been previously published but have since been extensively revised. Carefully researched and often revealing brilliant insights, these essays by one of our major public intellectuals should be widely read and influential."--Susan Moller Okin, Marta SuttonWeeks Professor of Ethics in Society and Professor of Political Science, Stanford University, "Nussbaum is a voice of good sense and goodwill, and a reminder, for those who need it, that sex is the scene of some of the worst injustices in the world."--Thomas Nagel, The New Republic"An admirably objective and insightful work on gender inequality....With its remarkable scholarship and comprehensive research, this work is both the ultimate primer on, and a major advance in, feminist thought."--Publishers Weekly"A stunning defense of justice....A brilliant book."--Kirkus Reviews"Essential for women's studies collections."--Library Journal"Animated by an acute moral sensibility, at once level-headed and erudite, open and committed, literate and concrete, Sex and Social Justice gives us this philosopher for our time at her engaged luminous scintillating best."--Catharine A. MacKinnon, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School, "Nussbaum is a voice of good sense and goodwill, and a reminder, for those who need it, that sex is the scene of some of the worst injustices in the world."--Thomas Nagel,The New Republic "An admirably objective and insightful work on gender inequality....With its remarkable scholarship and comprehensive research, this work is both the ultimate primer on, and a major advance in, feminist thought."--Publishers Weekly "A stunning defense of justice....A brilliant book."--Kirkus Reviews "Essential for women's studies collections."--Library Journal "Animated by an acute moral sensibility, at once level-headed and erudite, open and committed, literate and concrete,Sex and Social Justicegives us this philosopher for our time at her engaged luminous scintillating best."--Catharine A. MacKinnon, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School, "Nussbaum is a voice of good sense and goodwill, and a reminder, for those who need it, that sex is the scene of some of the worst injustices in the world."--Thomas Nagel, The New Republic, "An admirably objective and insightful work on gender inequality....With its remarkable scholarship and comprehensive research, this work is both the ultimate primer on, and a major advance in, feminist thought."--Publishers Weekly, "Nussbaum is a voice of good sense and goodwill, and a reminder, for those who need it, that sex is the scene of some of the worst injustices in the world."--Thomas Nagel, The New Republic"An admirably objective and insightful work on gender inequality....With its remarkable scholarship and comprehensive research, this work is both the ultimate primer on, and a major advance in, feminist thought."--Publishers Weekly"A stunning defense of justice....A brilliant book."--Kirkus Reviews"Essential for women's studies collections."--Library Journal"Animated by an acute moral sensibility, at once level-headed and erudite, open and committed, literate and concrete, Sex and Social Justice gives us this philosopher for our time at her engaged luminous scintillating best."--Catharine A. MacKinnon, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School"Nussbaum is a voice of good sense and goodwill, and a reminder, for those who need it, that sex is the scene of some of the worst injustices in the world."--Thomas Nagel, The New Republic"An admirably objective and insightful work on gender inequality....With its remarkable scholarship and comprehensive research, this work is both the ultimate primer on, and a major advance in, feminist thought."--Publishers Weekly"A stunning defense of justice....A brilliant book."--Kirkus Reviews"Essential for women's studies collections."--Library Journal"Animated by an acute moral sensibility, at once level-headed and erudite, open and committed, literate and concrete, Sex and Social Justice gives us this philosopher for our time at her engaged luminous scintillating best."--Catharine A. MacKinnon, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School"The publication of Sex and Social Justice is a major intellectual event for anyone concerned with justice for women and for those discriminated against because of sexual orientation. Often addressing these issues on a global scale, Martha Nussbaum presents here a valuable collection of explicitly feminist papers that have mostly been previously published but have since been extensively revised. Carefully researched and often revealing brilliantinsights, these essays by one of our major public intellectuals should be widely read and influential."--Susan Moller Okin, Marta Sutton Weeks Professor of Ethics in Society and Professor of Political Science,Stanford University"In Sex and Social Justice, Martha Nussbaum envisions a world unimaginably different from our own--a world in which all the world's people, men and women, live in mutual respect and common dignity; a world in which sex is not an occasion for abuse and humiliation; a world in which prudes are recognized as the true perverts. A liberal, a feminist, and an internationalist, Nussbaum is, above all, a remarkable humanist, with a capacious intellect and agenerous sensibility. Her lucid and powerful essays provoke the mind, touch the heart, and reveal possibilities for constructive political remedy."--Joshua Cohen, Professor of Philosophy and Political Science,MIT; editor, Boston Review"Sex and Social Justice contains a good deal of wisdom and sensitivity. Few writers can match the extent of Nussbaum's philosophical, legal, and factual knowledge, and her skill in bringing this knowledge to analysis of pressing contemporary moral problems."--Ethics"Professor Nussbaum's new collection of essays is most welcome. She writes in the best tradition of the public intellectual: the work is at once temperate and passionate, scholarly and imaginative, and the topics she treats have both practical and intellectual importance. Nussbaum is creating a new liberalism, one enriched and enlarged by her careful attention to liberalisms own critics."--Louise M. Antony, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, "Nussbaum is a voice of good sense and goodwill, and a reminder, for those who need it, that sex is the scene of some of the worst injustices in the world."--Thomas Nagel, The New Republic "An admirably objective and insightful work on gender inequality....With its remarkable scholarship and comprehensive research, this work is both the ultimate primer on, and a major advance in, feminist thought."-- Publishers Weekly "A stunning defense of justice....A brilliant book."-- Kirkus Reviews "Essential for women's studies collections."-- Library Journal "Animated by an acute moral sensibility, at once level-headed and erudite, open and committed, literate and concrete, Sex and Social Justice gives us this philosopher for our time at her engaged luminous scintillating best."--Catharine A. MacKinnon, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School, "In Sex and Social Justice, Martha Nussbaum envisions a world unimaginablydifferent from our own--a world in which all the world's people, men and women,live in mutual respect and common dignity; a world in which sex is not anoccasion for abuse and humiliation; a world in which prudes are recognized asthe true perverts. A liberal, a feminist, and an internationalist, Nussbaum is,above all, a remarkable humanist, with a capacious intellect and a generoussensibility. Her lucid and powerful essays provoke the mind, touch the heart,and reveal possibilities for constructive political remedy."--Joshua Cohen,Professor of Philosophy and Political Science, MIT; editor, Boston Review, "The publication of Sex and Social Justice is a major intellectual event for anyone concerned with justice for women and for those discriminated against because of sexual orientation. Often addressing these issues on a global scale, Martha Nussbaum presents here a valuable collection of explicitly feminist papers that have mostly been previously published but have since been extensively revised. Carefully researched and often revealing brilliant insights, these essays by one of our major public intellectuals should be widely read and influential."--Susan Moller Okin, Marta Sutton Weeks Professor of Ethics in Society and Professor of Political Science, Stanford University, "Professor Nussbaum's new collection of essays is most welcome. She writes in the best tradition of the public intellectual: the work is at once temperate and passionate, scholarly and imaginative, and the topics she treats have both practical and intellectual importance. Nussbaum is creatinga new liberalism, one enriched and enlarged by her careful attention to liberalisms own critics."--Louise M. Antony, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, "Nussbaum is a voice of good sense and goodwill, and a reminder, for those who need it, that sex is the scene of some of the worst injustices in the world."--Thomas Nagel, The New Republic "An admirably objective and insightful work on gender inequality....With its remarkable scholarship and comprehensive research, this work is both the ultimate primer on, and a major advance in, feminist thought."--Publishers Weekly "A stunning defense of justice....A brilliant book."--Kirkus Reviews "Essential for women's studies collections."--Library Journal "Animated by an acute moral sensibility, at once level-headed and erudite, open and committed, literate and concrete, Sex and Social Justice gives us this philosopher for our time at her engaged luminous scintillating best."--Catharine A. MacKinnon, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School, "An admirably objective and insightful work on gender inequality....Withits remarkable scholarship and comprehensive research, this work is both theultimate primer on, and a major advance in, feminist thought."--PublishersWeekly, Hard-hitting, in Nussbaum's characteristic take-no-prisoners style, setting out a clear case that women endure ignominious oppression in the name of culture and religion, and that feminists and liberals alike should tolerate it no longer ... well written and an easy read ... this is a good book for those who want an introduction to, or survey of, Nussbaum's recent thinking on popular issues.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal305.42
Table Of ContentAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: Justice1. Women and Cultural Universals2. The Feminist Critique of Liberalism3. Religion and Women's Human Rights4. Judging Other Cultures: The Case of Genital Mutilation5. American Women: Preferences, Feminism, Democracy6. Equity and Mercy7. A Defence of Lesbian and Gay RightsPart II: Sex8. Objectification9. Rage and Reason10. Construction Love, Desire, and Care11. "Whether from Reason or Prejudice": Taking Money for Bodily Services"12. Platonic Love and Colorado Law13. Sex, Truth, and Solitude14. Sex, Liberty, and Economics15. The Window: Knowledge of Other Minds in Virginia Woolfs's 'To The Lighthouse'
SynopsisWhat 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 has created? In Sex and Social Justice, Martha Nussbaum delves into these questions and emerges with a distinctive conception of feminism that links feminist inquiry closely to the important progress that has been made during the past few decades in articulating theories of both national and global justice. Growing out of Nussbaum's years of work with an international development agency connected with the United Nations, this collection charts a feminism that is deeply concerned with the urgent needs of women who live in hunger and illiteracy, or under unequal legal systems. Offering an internationalism informed by development economics and empirical detail, many essays take their start from the experiences of women in developing countries. Nussbaum argues for a universal account of human capacity and need, while emphasizing the essential role of knowledge of local circumstance. Further chapters take on the pursuit of social justice in the sexual sphere, exploring the issue of equal rights for lesbians and gay men. Nussbaum's arguments are shaped by her work on Aristotle and the Stoics and by the modern liberal thinkers Kant and Mill. She contends that the liberal tradition of political thought holds rich resources for addressing violations of human dignity on the grounds of sex or sexuality, provided the tradition transforms itself by responsiveness to arguments concerning the social shaping of preferences and desires. She challenges liberalism to extend its tradition of equal concern to women, always keeping both agency and choice as goals. With great perception, she combines her radical feminist critique of sex relations with an interest in the possibilities of trust, sympathy, and understanding. Sex and Social Justice will interest a wide readership because of the public importance of the topics Nussbaum addresses and the generous insight she shows in dealing with these issues. Brought together for this timely collection, these essays, extensively revised where previously published, offer incisive political reflections by one of our most important living philosophers., 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 has created? In Sex and Social Justice , Martha Nussbaum delves into these questions and emerges with a distinctive conception of feminism that links feminist inquiry closely to the important progress that has been made during the past few decades in articulating theories of both national and global justice. Growing out of Nussbaum's years of work with an international development agency connected with the United Nations, this collection charts a feminism that is deeply concerned with the urgent needs of women who live in hunger and illiteracy, or under unequal legal systems. Offering an internationalism informed by development economics and empirical detail, many essays take their start from the experiences of women in developing countries. Nussbaum argues for a universal account of human capacity and need, while emphasizing the essential role of knowledge of local circumstance. Further chapters take on the pursuit of social justice in the sexual sphere, exploring the issue of equal rights for lesbians and gay men. Nussbaum's arguments are shaped by her work on Aristotle and the Stoics and by the modern liberal thinkers Kant and Mill. She contends that the liberal tradition of political thought holds rich resources for addressing violations of human dignity on the grounds of sex or sexuality, provided the tradition transforms itself by responsiveness to arguments concerning the social shaping of preferences and desires. She challenges liberalism to extend its tradition of equal concern to women, always keeping both agency and choice as goals. With great perception, she combines her radical feminist critique of sex relations with an interest in the possibilities of trust, sympathy, and understanding. Sex and Social Justice will interest a wide readership because of the public importance of the topics Nussbaum addresses and the generous insight she shows in dealing with these issues. Brought together for this timely collection, these essays, extensively revised where previously published, offer incisive political reflections by one of our most important living philosophers., Martha Nussbaum articulates a distinctive concept of feminism, rooted in the liberal tradition of political thought, but responsive to radical feminist critiques of that tradition. She maps out a feminism that is concerned with global justice and with the urgent needs of women who live in hunger or illiteracy, or under inherently unequal legal systems. In other chapters she discusses equal rights for lesbians and gay men, addresses the feminist concept of objectification, and argues for the importance of sympathy and mercy within a feminist conception of justice. She draws on previously published work, but this has been revised extensively for this volume., Writing with the rigorous argument and generous insight that characterizes all her work, Martha Nussbaum in these essays articulates a distinctive conception of feminism, one rooted in the liberal tradition of political thought but responsive to radical feminist critiques of this tradition. Growing out of her years of work with an international development agency connected with the United Nations, the book charts a feminism that is deeply concerned with global justice and with the urgent needs of women who live in hunger and illiteracy, or under inherently unequal legal systems. Nussbaum contends that the liberal tradition holds rich resources for addressing these problems provided it transforms itself by responsiveness to feminist arguments concerning the social shaping of preferences and institutions. Nussbaum also takes on the pursuit of social justice in the sexual sphere, dedicating several chapters to the issue of equal rights for lesbians and gay men. Further chapters consider the feminist concept of objectification and argue for the importance of sympathy and mercy within a feminist conception of justice. Clear, timely, and accessible, these essays, extensively revised where previously published, make available to a wide audience the incisive political reflections of one of our most important living philosophers.
LC Classification NumberHQ1150.N87 1998
