For Love of Country
Author | : Martha Craven Nussbaum |
Publisher | : Boston : Beacon Press |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1996 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015035759581 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Download or read book For Love of Country written by Martha Craven Nussbaum and published by Boston : Beacon Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.