Sex and Social Justice [First Edition, First Printing]

Martha C. Nussbaum (b.1947)

ISBN 10: 0195110323 / ISBN 13: 9780195110326

Edité par New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Printed in the USA, 1999

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[PHILOSOPHY]. Martha C. Nussbaum (b.1947). "Sex and Social Justice [First Edition, First Printing]." New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Printed in the USA, 1999. First edition, first printing. English language. Hardcover with black paper-covered boards titled gilt on spine in glossy pictorial dust jacket. Nonfiction academic philosophy text in two parts and fifteen chapters with introduction, notes, and indices. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. 29 oz. xii, 476 pp. Very short tear top of jacket's spine. Small red dot on inside back board. Indentation on front jacket. Light toning. Text clean. Near Fine in Very Good Plus jacket. ISBN: 9780195110326. "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.".

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Sex and Social Justice [First Edition, First Printing]
• Éditeur: New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Printed in the USA
• Date de parution: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0195110323
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780195110326
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First edition, first printing.
• État de l'article: Near Fine.
• État de la jaquette: Very Good Plus.
• Poids: 29 onces
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

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.

À propos de l?auteur

Martha Nussbaum is Ernst Freund Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago. Among her many publications is Love's Knowledge: Essays on Philosophy and Literature (OUP 1990).