EBOOK Philosophical Interventions:Reviews 1986-2011

This volume collects the notable published book reviews of Martha C. Nussbaum, an        acclaimed philosopher who is also a professor of law and a public intellectual. Her        academic work focuses on questions of moral and political philosophy and on the        nature of the emotions. But over the past 25 years she has also written many book        reviews for a general public, in periodicals such as The New Republic and The New        York Review of Books. Dating from 1986 to the present, these essays engage,        constructively and also critically, with authors like Roger Scruton, Allan Bloom,        Charles Taylor, Judith Butler, Richard Posner, Catharine MacKinnon, Susan Moller        Okin, and other prominent intellectuals of our time. Throughout, her views defy        ideological predictability, heralding valuable work from little-known sources,        deftly criticizing where criticism is due, and generally providing a compelling        picture of how philosophy in the Socratic tradition can engage with broad social        concerns. For this volume, Nussbaum provides an intriguing introduction that        explains her selection and provides her view of the role of the public        philosopher.