Women, Culture, and Development - A Study of Human Capabilities

Zusatztext The essays in Nussbaum and Glover's anthology project a powerful and timely critique of cultural relativism in assessing the quality of life ... This anthology presents the viewpoints of the essentialists ... I felt deeply reassured by the cogent arguments of third-world women, who share my apprehension, in this multidimensional Nussbaum-Glover anthology. The combination of philosophical discourse, feminist insights and thorough economic analysis makes the book highly unusual ... refreshingly readable with writing that is witty and displays deep empathy with human values. Klappentext This examination of women's quality of life thus addresses questions which have a particular urgency. It aims to describe the basic situation of all women and so develops a universal account that can answer the charges of 'Western imperialism' frequently made against such accounts. Zusammenfassung This acute examination of the quality of women's life addresses a variety of particularly urgent questions. It develops a universal account of women's quality of life and in doing so confronts issues of cultural relativism. An account of gender justice and women's equality is proposed in various areas in which quality of life is measured.

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• Authors: Martha C. (Professor of Law and Ethics Nussbaum, Martha C. Glover Nussbaum, World Institute for Development Economic
• Assisted by: Jonathan Glover (Editor), Jonathon Glover (Editor), Martha C. Nussbaum (Editor), Martha Craven Nussbaum (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.1995
• EAN: 9780198289647
• ISBN: 978-0-19-828964-7
• No. of pages: 496
• Series: WIDER Studies in Development Economics; Wider Studies in Development E; WIDER Studies in Development Economics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories