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For Love of Country?

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Written by Martha NussbaumAuthor Alerts: Random House will alert you to new works by Martha Nussbaum

  • Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
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  • Publisher: Beacon Press
  • On Sale: June 6, 2002
  • Price: $17.00
  • ISBN: 978-0-8070-4329-5 (0-8070-4329-X)
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After the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, American flags appeared everywhere. Is patriotism a good response at a time of national crisis? What does it mean for us to think of ourselves as a nation first?

With our connections to the world growing stronger and more vital than ever, Martha C. Nussbaum argues that we should distrust conventional patriotism as parochial and instead see ourselves first of all as “citizens of the world.” Sixteen prominent writers and thinkers respond, including Benjamin R. Barber, Sissela Bok, Nathan Glazer, Robert Pinsky, Elaine Scarry, Amartya Sen, and Michael Walzer.

“Rarely does one come across a forum where all the facets of an important idea are so thoroughly debated. This is the give-and-take of intellectual debate at its finest.” -Kirkus Reviews