"What makes her stylistic choices here so disappointing is not just that they are beneath commonly held standards of professional scholarship, but that they fall short of the standards of conduct that Nussbaum herself (via Gandhi) sets for India and America. In its own way, is not her treatment of these all-too-human subjects a kind of âviolence,â a seeking to put them in their place? ...Nussbaum either cannot or does not wish to take seriously the question of Muslim extremism within India, or a broader regional backdrop to sectarian tension and violence..."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Philosophers from the United StatesEducators from the United StatesWomen academics from the United StatesFeminists from the United StatesWomen scientists from the United States
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Jason A. Kirk (2008) Hindu Nationalism Five Years after Godhra, India Review, 7:1, 73-90, DOI: 10.1080/14736480801901238
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Martha_Nussbaum
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Martha Nussbaum
12 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Martha Nussbaum â
Related Quotes
"Nussbaum, if she were truly a well-wisher of India, would educate herself about Indian philosophy, religion and cultuâŚ"
"Divorced from Alan Nussbaum in 1987, Nussbaum embarked on a romantic liaison with Amartya Sen, the Indian-born HarvarâŚ"
"What began to bother me about Nussbaum's trajectory is that she is really not interested in the general issue of "relâŚ"
"Nussbaum advances her balkanization view of India through clever uses of ancient Indian history... Martha Nussbaum, wâŚ"
"When I arrived at Harvard in 1969, my fellow first-year graduate students and I were taken up to the roof of the WideâŚ"
"In India the perpetrators of violence are not Muslims (who are usually poor and downtrodden, but not involved in perpâŚ"
"One of the strengths of Cultivating Humanity is that it explicitly explores the conflict between authority and reasonâŚ"
"I said that Nussbaum has only one card to play in this position, but then again, in Nussbaumâs deck of cards, reason âŚ"
"It seems plausible that we have less responsibility to protect gazelles than we do to protect domestic dogs and cats,âŚ"
"Whatever we say about [wild animal suffering], it shows us once again that the positive/negative distinction cannot bâŚ"