For Love Of Country?

Zusatztext Rarely does one come across a forum where all the facets of an important idea are so thoroughly debated. This is the give-and-take of intellectual debate at its finest. --Kirkus Reviews Informationen zum Autor Martha C. Nussbaum is professor of law and ethics at the University of Chicago and author of several books! including Love's Knowledge and Poetic Justice. Klappentext 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 FORUM A 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. Zusammenfassung 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 FORUM A 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. ...

Autorentext
Martha C. Nussbaum is professor of law and ethics at the University of Chicago and author of several books, including Love's Knowledge and Poetic Justice.

Klappentext
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 FORUM
A 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.

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