For Love of Country? A New Democracy Forum on the Limits of Patriotism

Name: For Love of Country? A New Democracy Forum on the Limits of Patriotism
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ISBN: 9780807043295

ISBN-10: 080704329X

ISBN-13: 9780807043295

Edition: 2002

Authors: Martha C. Nussbaum, Joshua Cohen

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For Love of Country is a rare forum: a real conversation among some of our most prominent intellectuals about an issue of urgent public importance. At the center of this lively and utterly readable debate book is Martha Nussbaumi's passionate argument against patriotism. At a time when our connections and obligations to the rest of the world grow only stronger, we should reject patriotism as a parochial ideal, she says, and instead see ourselves first of all as "citizens of the world." Fifteen writers and thinkers respond to Nussbaum's piece in short, hard-hitting, often brilliant essays, acknowledging the power of her argument, but often defending patriotisms and other local commitments…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 6/6/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Editor's Preface



Introduction



Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism



Cosmopolitan Patriots



Constitutional Faith



From Part to Whole



University in Culture



Revisioning Cosmopolitanism



Limits of Loyalty



Democratic Citizenship



The Illusions of Cosmopolitanism



Don't Neglect the Little Platoons



Eros Against Esperanto



Must we Choose Between Patriotism and Universal Reason?



The Difficulty of Imaging Other People



Humanity and Citizenship



Why Democracy Needs Patriotism



Neither Patriotism Nor Cosmopolitanism



Spheres of Affection



Reply



Notes


Contributors