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Inbunden, 2024
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
309 kr
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Luftföroreningar, avfallsdumpning och avskogning – den mänskliga aktivitet som bryter ned vårt gemensamma klimat drabbar i allt större utsträckning djuren. Det är inte bara tjuvjakt, vanskötsel och köttindustri som åsamkar dem lidande och skada. Varhelst städer, lantbruk och industrier breder ut …
The Republic of Love
Opera and Political Freedom
Inbunden, 2026
323 kr
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A major work of scholarship by world-renowned, prize-winning philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum, The Republic of Love reveals opera as a profound form of political thought--and an often-overlooked force behind the political reforms of the Enlightenment.In The Republic of Love, world-renowned …
Not for Profit
Why Democracy Needs the Humanities
Häftad, 2024
171 kr
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A passionate defense of the humanities from one of today's foremost public intellectualsIn this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education.Historically, the humanities have been central …
Justice for Animals
Our Collective Responsibility
Häftad, 2024
145 kr
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A “brilliant” (Chicago Review of Books), “elegantly written, and compelling” (National Review) new theory and call to action on animal rights, ethics, and law from the renowned philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum.Animals are in trouble all over the world. Whether through the cruelties of the factory …
The Monarchy of Fear
A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis
Häftad, 2021
176 kr
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'A manifesto for hope'Literary ReviewFrom one of the world's most celebrated moral philosophers comes a thorough examination of the current political crisis and recommendations for how to mend a divided country.For decades, Martha C. Nussbaum has been an acclaimed scholar and humanist, earning …
Creating Capabilities
The Human Development Approach
Häftad, 2013
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236 kr
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If a country’s Gross Domestic Product increases each year, but so does the percentage of its people deprived of basic education, health care, and other opportunities, is that country really making progress? If we rely on conventional economic indicators, can we ever grasp how the world’s billions …
Anger and Forgiveness
Resentment, Generosity, Justice
Häftad, 2019
187 kr
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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 …
Anger, Mercy, Revenge
Av Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Robert A Kaster m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
372 kr
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE - 65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and adviser to the emperor Nero, all during the Silver Age of Latin literature. The "Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca" is a fresh and compelling series of new English-language translations of his works …
Love's Knowledge
Essays on Philosophy and Literature
Häftad, 1992
972 kr
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This volume brings together Martha Nussbaum's published papers, some revised for this collection, on the relationship between literature and philosophy, especially moral philosophy. It also includes two new essays and a substantial Introduction.The papers, many of them previously not readily …
Therapy of Desire
Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics
Häftad, 2018
329 kr
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The Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of daily and urgent human significance. In this classic work, Martha Nussbaum maintains that these Hellenistic schools have been unjustly neglected in …
Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?
Av Susan Moller Okin, Joshua Cohen m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
324 kr
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Polygamy, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, punishing women for being raped, differential access for men and women to health care and education, unequal rights of ownership, assembly, and political participation, unequal vulnerability to violence. These practices and conditions are …
Feminism och liberalism
Häftad, 2023
153 kr
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Kanske tänker man inte på liberalismen som en feministisk teori. Som Martha Nussbaum skriver har många tänkt att den i bästa fall bortser från kvinnors intressen, i värsta fall att den medvetet underminerar kvinnors behov och målsättningar. En del feministiska tänkare har till och med försökt …
Cultivating Humanity
A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education
Häftad, 1998
273 kr
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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” in …
Political Emotions
Why Love Matters for Justice
Häftad, 2015
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276 kr
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How can we achieve and sustain a "decent" liberal society, one that aspires to justice and equal opportunity for all and inspires individuals to sacrifice for the common good? In this book, a continuation of her explorations of emotions and the nature of social justice, Martha Nussbaum makes the …
Women and Human Development
The Capabilities Approach
Häftad, 2001
439 kr
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In this major book Martha Nussbaum, one of the most innovative and influential philosophical voices of our time, proposes a kind of feminism that is genuinely international, argues for an ethical underpinning to all thought about development planning and public policy, and dramatically moves beyond …
The Fragility of Goodness
Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy
Inbunden, 2001
2378 kr
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This book is a study of ancient views about 'moral luck'. It examines the fundamental ethical problem that many of the valued constituents of a well-lived life are vulnerable to factors outside a person's control, and asks how this affects our appraisal of persons and their lives. The Greeks made a …
The Fragility of Goodness
Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy
Häftad, 2001
565 kr
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This book is a study of ancient views about 'moral luck'. It examines the fundamental ethical problem that many of the valued constituents of a well-lived life are vulnerable to factors outside a person's control, and asks how this affects our appraisal of persons and their lives. The Greeks made a …
Subversion and Sympathy
Gender, Law, and the British Novel
Av NUSSBAUM, Martha C. Nussbaum m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
2211 kr
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This interdisciplinary volume of contributed essays focuses on issues of gender in the British novel of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, particularly Hardy and Trollope. Approaching the topic from a variety of backgrounds, the contributors reinvigorate the law-and-literature movement by …
Aging Thoughtfully
Conversations about Retirement, Romance, Wrinkles, and Regrets
Av Martha C. Nussbaum, Saul Levmore
Häftad, 2020
326 kr
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We all age differently, but we can learn from shared experiences and insights. The conversations, or paired essays, in Aging Thoughtfully combine a philosopher's approach with a lawyer-economist's.Here are ideas about when to retire, how to refashion social security to help the elderly poor, how to …
Aging Thoughtfully
Conversations about Retirement, Romance, Wrinkles, and Regret
Av Martha C. Nussbaum, Saul Levmore
Inbunden, 2018
271 kr
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We all age differently, but we can learn from shared experiences and insights. The conversations, or paired essays, in Aging Thoughtfully combine a philosopher's approach with a lawyer-economist's. Here are ideas about when to retire, how to refashion social security to help the elderly poor, how …
Aging Thoughtfully
Conversations about Retirement, Romance, Wrinkles, and Regret
Av Saul Levmore, Martha C. Nussbaum
E-bok, 2017
135 kr
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We all age differently, but we can learn from shared experiences and insights. The conversations, or paired essays, in Aging Thoughtfully combine a philosopher''s approach with a lawyer-economist''s. Here are ideas about when to retire, how to refashion social security to help the elderly poor, how …
Aging Thoughtfully
Conversations about Retirement, Romance, Wrinkles, and Regret
Av Saul Levmore, Martha C. Nussbaum
E-bok, 2017
135 kr
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We all age differently, but we can learn from shared experiences and insights. The conversations, or paired essays, in Aging Thoughtfully combine a philosopher''s approach with a lawyer-economist''s. Here are ideas about when to retire, how to refashion social security to help the elderly poor, how …
Fatal Fictions
Crime and Investigation in Law and Literature
Av Alison L. LaCroix, Richard H. McAdams m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1370 kr
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Writers of fiction have always confronted topics of crime and punishment. This age-old fascination with crime on the part of both authors and readers is not surprising, given that criminal justice touches on so many political and psychological themes essential to literature, and comes equipped with …
Fatal Fictions
Crime and Investigation in Law and Literature
Av Martha C. Nussbaum, Richard H. McAdams m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
1148 kr
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Writers of fiction have always confronted topics of crime and punishment. This age-old fascination with crime on the part of both authors and readers is not surprising, given that criminal justice touches on so many political and psychological themes essential to literature, and comes equipped with …
Fatal Fictions
Crime and Investigation in Law and Literature
Av Martha C. Nussbaum, Richard H. McAdams m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
1148 kr
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Writers of fiction have always confronted topics of crime and punishment. This age-old fascination with crime on the part of both authors and readers is not surprising, given that criminal justice touches on so many political and psychological themes essential to literature, and comes equipped with …
Power, Prose, and Purse
Law, Literature, and Economic Transformations
Av LaCroix, Alison LaCroix m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1566 kr
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From Anthony Trollop to Sinclair Lewis, and from Jane Austen to James Joyce and John Steinbeck, many important novels touch on fundamental questions about the role of money in human affairs. These questions are explored in this volume through the lens of law and literature. The sixteen essays …
Power, Prose, and Purse
Law, Literature, and Economic Transformations
Av Martha C. Nussbaum, Saul Levmore m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
1392 kr
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From Anthony Trollop to Sinclair Lewis, and from Jane Austen to James Joyce and John Steinbeck, many important novels touch on fundamental questions about the role of money in human affairs. These questions are explored in this volume through the lens of law and literature. The sixteen essays …
Power, Prose, and Purse
Law, Literature, and Economic Transformations
Av Martha C. Nussbaum, Saul Levmore m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
1392 kr
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From Anthony Trollop to Sinclair Lewis, and from Jane Austen to James Joyce and John Steinbeck, many important novels touch on fundamental questions about the role of money in human affairs. These questions are explored in this volume through the lens of law and literature. The sixteen essays …
Monarchy of Fear
A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis
E-bok, 2018
133 kr
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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 a divided country.For decades Martha C. Nussbaum has been an acclaimed scholar and humanist, earning dozens of honours for her books and …
Monarchy of Fear
A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis
E-bok, 2018
133 kr
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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 a divided country.For decades Martha C. Nussbaum has been an acclaimed scholar and humanist, earning dozens of honours for her books and …
