For love of country : debating the limits of patriotism / Martha C. Nussbaum with respondents ; edited by Joshua Cohen.

Author/creator Nussbaum, Martha C., 1947-
Other author Cohen, Joshua, 1951-
Format Book
Publication InfoBoston : Beacon Press, ©1996.
Descriptionviii, 154 pages ; 22 cm.
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects

SeriesPhilosophy/public affairs
Contents Patriotism and cosmopolitanism / Martha C. Nussbaum -- Cosmopolitan patriots / Kwame Anthony Appiah -- Constitutional faith / Benjamin R. Barber -- From part to whole / Sissela Bok -- Universality in culture / Judith Butler -- Revisioning cosmopolitanism / Richard Falk -- Limits of loyalty / Nathan Glazer -- Democratic citizenship / Amy Gutmann -- The illusions of cosmopolitanism / Gertrude Himmelfarb -- Don't neglect the little platoons / Michael W. McConnell -- Eros against Esperanto / Robert Pinsky -- Must we choose between patriotism and universal reason? / Hilary Putnam -- The difficulty of imagining other people / Elaine Scarry -- Humanity and citizenship / Amartya Sen -- Why democracy needs patriotism / Charles Taylor -- Neither patriotism nor cosmopolitanism / Immanuel Wallerstein -- Spheres of affection / Michael Walzer --- Reply / Martha C. Nussbaum.
Abstract For Love of Country is a rare forum - an exciting conversation among some of our most prominent intellectuals about where our basic loyalties should lie. At the center of this lively, accessible book of debate is Martha Nussbaum's passionate argument for "cosmopolitanism." With our connections to the rest of the world growing stronger, she argues, we should distrust conventional patriotism as a parochial ideal, and instead see ourselves first of all as "citizens of the world." Sixteen writers and thinkers respond to Nussbaum's piece in short, hard-hitting essays, acknowledging the power of her argument, but often defending patriotisms and other local commitments. We hear from an astonishing range of writers - philosophers and poets, literary scholars and historians. Nussbaum reaffirms the cosmopolitan ideal in a moving closing essay. This is a book for all citizens. Representing American philosophy at its most relevant and readable, For Love of Country will shape the way we think about some of our most urgent public issues and deepest human obligations.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 145-151).
Issued in other formOnline version: Nussbaum, Martha Craven, 1947- For love of country. Boston : Beacon Press, ©1996
Genre/formAufsatzsammlung.
LCCN 96000368
ISBN0807043133 (pbk.)
ISBN9780807043134 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks JC362 .N87 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold