Art, Theory and Social Justice: An Interview with Professor Martha Nussbaum

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2014, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (5): 41-52.

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Art, Theory and Social Justice: An Interview with Professor Martha Nussbaum

Fan Yun, Martha C. Nussbaum

the College of Media and International Culture, Zhejiang University (Hangzhou 310028, China); the University of Chicago (Chicago 60637, USA)

Online:2014-09-25 Published:2014-10-09
About author:Fan Yun is an associate professor in the College of Media and International Culture, Zhejiang University (Hangzhou 310028, China), with research interests in political and ethical aesthetics, and the thought of the Enlightenment. Martha C. Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago (Chicago 60637, USA), with appointments in the Philosophy Department, the Law School, and the Divinity School.

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Abstract: As an influential intellectual with academic focus on contemporary philosophy, Professor Martha C. Nussbaum is different in that she stresses on literature and brings literature into the construction of her philosophy of ethics and justice. This interview covers such topics as the value of literature, the ethic turn in literary theory, the current status of humanistic education, multiculturalism and universalism, and the intellectuals and social justice.

Key words: Martha Nussbaum, literature, art, theory, justice

Fan Yun, Martha C. Nussbaum. Art, Theory and Social Justice: An Interview with Professor Martha Nussbaum[J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 2014, 34(5): 41-52.

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