CALL FOR
PAPERS
Martha
Nussbaum, Cosmopolitanism and Global Justice
Registration Form
A two day conference to be held at
The Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice
(CSSGJ)
University of Nottingham
Thursday 6th-Friday 7th May, 2010
in association with
The Centre for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics
& Politics (CASEP)
London Metropolitan University
Martha
Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service
Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago.
From 1986 to 1993, she was a research advisor at the World
Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki, a
part of the United Nations University.
Nussbaum is a prolific thinker
and writer, with a wide range of interests. Amongst
contemporary political philosophers, she stands out as a
figure who defends an Aristotelian approach to current
moral and political problems, based on the principles of
essentialism and universalism, in a climate where the
opposing principles of relativism and constructivism have
come to hold sway.
In addition to editing thirteen volumes, and her many
journal articles, Professor Nussbaum’s numerous other
publications include the following books:
Aristotle's
De Motu Animalium (1978), The
Fragility of Goodness (1986, updated edition
2000), Love's
Knowledge (1990), The
Therapy of Desire (1994), Poetic
Justice (1996), For
Love of Country (1996), Cultivating
Humanity (1997), Sex
and Social Justice (1998), Women
and Human Development (2000), Upheavals
of Thought (2001), Hiding
From Humanity (2004), Frontiers
of Justice (2006), The
Clash Within (2007),
and Liberty
of Conscience (2008).
In September
2005 Martha Nussbaum was listed among the world's
Top
100 intellectuals by
Foreign Policy and
Prospect magazines. In July 2003 James
Reeves contributed an article on Martha Nussbaum to a
Special Issue of The
New Statesman devoted to a selection of 12
‘Great Thinkers of Our Time.’
The
focus of the conference will be on Martha Nussbaum’s work
on issues relating to the notions of cosmopolitanism and
global justice, especially in The
Quality of Life (1993, edited with Amartya
Sen), For
Love of Country: Debating the Limits of
Patriotism, Women
and Human Development: The Capabilities
Approach, and Frontiers
of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species
Membership. However, contributions
relating to other aspects of her work, and especially to
her Aristotelianism, will also be considered. Contributions
which engage critically with Nussbaum’s work from
alternative perspectives are welcome.
Please submit proposals, including title and abstract, to
the academic convenors of the conference:
Dr. Tony Burns, Co-Director CSSGJ, School of Politics &
International Relations, University of Nottingham.
E-mail: tony.burns@nottingham.ac.uk
Dr. Kelvin Knight, Director
CASEP, Department of Law, Governance and International
Relations, London Metropolitan University. E-mail:
k.knight@londonmet.ac.uk
The deadline for submission of proposals is
30th
October
2009.
Tony Burns,
Co-Director CSSGJ
Kelvin Knight, Director CASEP