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Sex and Social Justice. By Martha C. Nussbaum. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. 488p. $45.00 cloth, $17.95 paper. Women and Human Development: The Capabilities Approach. By Martha C. Nussbaum. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. 334p. $28.00 cloth, $20.00 paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2003

Nancy J. Hirschmann
Affiliation:
Cornell University

Extract

These two books by leading U.S. philosopher Martha Nussbaum take up the issue of women's inequality in a U.S. and international context. Both are hard-hitting, in Nussbaum's characteristic take-no-prisoners style, setting out a clear case that women endure ignominious oppression in the name of culture and religion, and that feminists and liberals alike should tolerate it no longer.

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Book Review
Copyright
© 2002 by the American Political Science Association

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