Conversations with History: Martha Nussbaum

[theseanze]

Kreisler nods his head way too compulsively, makes me suspicious he's thinking more about the next question than what she's saying

[vkur123]

otoh, if nussbaum really converted to judaism, it proves that she believes in the one and only one god who has a p3-nis. what sort of intellect is that? she actually converted to judaism after comparing the religious texts and finding truth in the jewish texts?

[vkur123]

@kmanfitz no matter how you spin it, humanities contain nothing more than common sense and branding oneself as a philosopher shows that nussbaum suffers from inferiority complex. you probably do not know her personally. if you did, you would know that her inferiority complex makes her pretend she is jewish when in reality she is a white christist with the last name craven. this is because jewish people gained the reputation of being smart people.

[vkur123]

The White racists never allow blacks to be part of humanities departments which require ZERO intellect. Nussbaum herself is a racist having justified the Mumbai terror attacks by claiming that Hindu men are sexually frustrated degenerates who deserved the attacks. She is clearly dumb when she claims in the video that Gandhi invented village councils.

[vkur123]

Looks like new students sign up every fall and try to get good grades by posting flattering comments about Mrs. Nussbaum. No matter how you look at it, humanities subjects do not require any intellect and these departments have been set up with the sole purpose of diverting grants to White liberal women who would otherwise feel helpless in the world.

[lilygalore]

The level of intellect most comments show proves how detrimental the demise of the humanities actually is! Most comments show a blatant lack of the following skills which are cultivated in the humanities: being able to deal with something first, actually having a look at it and thinking!!! about it before dismissing it, being able to differentiate, being able to see something from a different perspective, having respect for other human beings.

[lilygalore]

looking at the comments, it strikes me as rather stark how much sexism, envy and prejudice there is. And then those points made: as if our world, our societies could be dealt with, organized, maintained sustainably, in a fair manner without people reflecting, adressing problems, getting to the bottom of things. Maybe one had better actually listening to what M. Nussbaum has to stay first instead of dismissing it out of hand.

[vkur123]

@lilygalore you are the one who needs to listen to the video. Gandhi did NOT invent village councils. When she claims that Gandhi created village councils in India, Nussbaum shows that she did not make it on merit but is just an affirmative action beneficiary.

[charlesryderblahb]

Martha Nussbaum is living proof that women should make sandwiches and not philosophize.

[johnc0008]

@charlesryderblahb FUCK YOU!!

[yashaazz]

I love this woman!

[johnc0008]

@yashaazz SEXY TOO

[hymnofashes]

I guess I can't dislike it.

[vkur123]

the most intelligent ideas of mrs. nussbaum are no more than common sense and a fifth grader from china, india or russia would come up with it. it is clear from her own admission that she is also sexually frustrated and was jilted by amartya sen, an indian guy.

[vkur123]

gandhi invented village councils? no wonder americans are considered STUPID. the term STUPID AMERICAN is very apt. just so that inferior brained american women get titles, they create humanities departments. any fool can be in humanities. in fact, people like mrs. nussbaum go into humanities because they cannot do math and science.

[kmanfitz]

By the way, women did not invent the humanities, and whatever science you are studying stemmed from philosophical thought. The scientific method? That came from philosophy. Ockham's Razor? Philosophy. Physics, perception of time, and the interpretation of quantum mechanics all came from metaphysics. Anything in the very hypothetical and theoretical form is philosophy.

[vkur123]

HEy bimbo, Gandhi did not invent village councils. These have traditionally existed for thousands of years in a continuous manner. Clearly, Martha Craven is a f00l and an affirmative action beneficiary. Inferiority complex made her take the name Nussbaum since it sounds Jewish and therefore intelligent. Some Whites have got fooled by this tactic. BTW, taking on a man's name shows that she feels women are inferior.

[vkur123]

Whiteskinned American women are the biggest beneficiaries of affirmative action and this explains why fools like Nusbbaum with trivila ideas passed off as philosophy get to be professors. Note that even though humanities subjects require the intellect of only an eighth grader, Whiteskinned people like Nussbaum have kept out blacks from these departments because they think that all blacks are unclean and inarticulate.

[vkur123]

Nussbaum is a racist who claims that Hindu men are terrorists and this stems from their sexual frustration. She believes that this is sound analysis worthy of publishing in a peer-reviewed journal. No wonder Amartya Sen just used her for s3x and did not think her worthy of marriage.

[interekweb]

@vkur123 are you a facist?

[realkool3]

@vkur123 Really? Are you sure you're not just misreading her texts?

[realkool3]

@vkur123 She doesnt even say that

[kmanfitz]

@vkur123 I don't like Nussbaum all that much, but you are way out of line. You grumble about people studying the humanities for having eighth grade intellects, yet your comments are immature beyond belief. You're obsessed with sex, you fall for stupid stereotypes, and offer only argumentative fallacies (i.e. generalization fallacies, ad hominum fallacies, selective attention, self-selection, etc.). If you want people to take you seriously, grow up and act like an adult.

[stoprainingonme]

Just looked her up on Wikipedia. At no point does the article mention her legs.

[ClownsCRY]

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[vkur123]

only whiteskinned fools who fail to get admission into sciences or math or engineering or medicine end up in humanities. what you inferior-brained white skinned liberals pretend to be philosophy is nothing more than common sense. humanities departments have been created solely as affirmative action programs for fools like martha nussbaum. chinese and indians and russians know the truth about humanities and that must hurt.

[LeonardaJoyanne]

@vkur123 so is it all about one-upmanship? Presumably you are chinese, indian or russian and you definitely haven't got what Martha is calling out for - that we cultivate our humanity. Try it out. It won't hurt more than a little. Being respectful can actually feel good and expand our views no end. Guood luck!

[LeonardaJoyanne]

@vkur123 so is it all about one-upmanship? Presumably you are chinese, indian or russian and you definitely haven't got what Martha is calling out for - cultivated humanity. Try it out. It won't hurt more than a little. Being respectful can actually feel good and expand our views no end. Good luck!

[andymacceltic]

those legs... wow

[greenghost2008]

ok she has to win most attractive philosophy chick who is also kinda old.

[Setzer]

@greenghost2008 lol I'd like to see that on a trophy: "1st place most attractive philosophy chick who is also kinda old"

[tranquilityjoe]

gilf

[TwelveBells]

could I just point the finger squarely at capitalist marketing & culture & it's impact on the development of the psyche for all the "she's hot" etc. type comments on here.

thank you for your time.

[cuttlelove]

@TwelveBells Really?

I'd argue she's "hawt" because she's incredibly intelligent. That she also has attractive physical traits is an after thought, and bonus.

If I were to point a finger at capitalist marketing and culture for anything, it would be the fact that it's that culture that perpetuates discrimination. That and the fact hetero-normative culture exists because men are threatened by women like Martha Nussbaum. I'm not sure that really has anything to do with how attractive she is.

[MrRobotoToo]

Pretty damn hot for an older, brainy chick.

[akwinata1]

Understanding of the reality without catholic faith is limited to limits of reason or even more. Faith in Jesus gives the believer share in God's reason. What about that?

[horatiodreamt]

When she is asked about her childhood, I expected her to say "I was conceived 'a priori'..."

[efsq]

fuck she was/is hot

[visualart139]

@shaman683, lol i think the same

[shaman683]

Philosophy aside, I think she's hot!

[vincekur]

To ThisSentenceIsFalse: Nussbaum is either NOT a Jew or is foolish. I mean, come on man, she wants to be called a PHILOSOPHER and CONVERTED to Judaism? She is free to convert to any religion, but if she did that and swore that there is one and only one male god with a penis, what sort of intellectual is that? She is an affirmative action professor and everyone knows that.

[contemplativegirl21]

@vincekur Hahaha, is this a serious comment? Where did she claim that God is male and has a penis? Do you mean that her converting to Judaism implies this? If you are perturbed with to God being referred to as a "He", it's mostly in relation to His being fully actualized (not that he has a penis), which is indicated by denoting masculinity in language.

[contemplativegirl21]

@vincekur Hahaha, is this a serious comment? Where did she claim that God is male and has a penis? Do you mean that her converting to Judaism implies this? If you are perturbed with God being referred to as a "He", it's mostly in relation to His being fully actualized (not that he has a penis), which is indicated by denoting masculinity in language.

[wusundowma]

God, she's hot.

[ThisSentenceIsFalse]

I'm vkur123, and I like to troll Martha Nussbaum Videos! I've been doing it for months! Martha's a racist and stupid and intellectually inferior! I know the truth about her--did you know she's a Jew?

Jeez Vince, do you really think like that?

[1888junkteam]

excellent worker!

[vkur123]

In general, American "experts" are fools. Smart Americans are in law, business and science. University achieve fame due to its scientists. Fools like Martha Nussbaum ride on the coattails of scientists.

How can an expert say that Gandhi introduced village councils? She is clearly INFERIOR. I guess Sen didnt think she was suitable for marriage. By her own theory, she is sexually frustrated.

Nussbaum's real name is Craven but she claims she is a Jew so that she can get the intellectual tag.

[vkur123]

Gandhi did not introduce village councils! She is all fluff and explained the Mumbai attacks as Muslim angst due to persecution. OTOH, the Russian experts were accurate and provided details of factional feuds in terror groups.

Nussbaum is a racist who claimed Hindus are violent because they are sexually frustrated. She suppresses the fact that Amartya Sen did not marry her. Knowing Sen closely does not make one an expert on India.

She routinely uses conspiracy theories in her works on India!

[vkur123]

As demonstrated in my earlier comments, she has low IQ. Gandhi did not invent village councils. Not only that, Mrs. Nussbaum is a proponent of the Aryan Invasion Theory which has the basic premise that all of us are descended from one of the sons of Noah. She foolishly memorized this theory without knowing the basic premise which is well documented. Her sexual relationship with Amartya Sen but no marriage made her sexually frustrated (by her own theory) and so she is hateful towards Indians.

[Johothebozo]

Those that don see the relevance of a grater ethical perspective on economical and religious conduct have no business "commenting" philosophy. Thats because of this acts innate fallacy. Illuminati/faraoe/god/construc­tion and algebra are responsible for demigodness, so lets follow this debate through, and dont "kill" off to many free souls in the process.. We need to take humanmindedness seriously, both in theory and action :)

[ThisSentenceIsFalse]

Martha should be president.

[Johothebozo]

@ThisSentenceIsFalse She is just to idealistic..

[ThisSentenceIsFalse]

@Johothebozo

Perhaps she is, but I'm not sure what you mean by that. Is idealism always so bad? Have you seen that video with her and Bill Moyers on the Fragility of Goodness? Good stuff.

[zygmuntpc]

Typical american boring liberal-feminist-snobbish  bullshit.

[knocked44]

Despite a career of training against judging merely on appearances of things, I take one look at that Ichabod Crane of a woman and find myself laughing in disgust.

[radiofoos]

I agree.....lol

[koripley]

Sounds to me like she is trying to rationalize religious dogmas through a prism of feminism. I don't think the two are reconcilable. Religion always has been and always will be hostile to women. She has death fears and is embracing religion, which is not compatible with her feminist idenity. The dissonance of those two competing ideologies must be draining to reconcile. Most middle aged women become religious, and become more and more so as they age.

[bahramf]

Nussbaum is a analytic old prig.

[redetrigan]

That's way more leg than I've ever seen any professor show!

[vincekur]

In general, American "experts" are fools. Smart Americans are in law, business and science. University achieve fame due to its scientists. Fools like Martha Nussbaum ride on the coattails of scientists.

How can an expert say that Gandhi introduced village councils? She is clearly INFERIOR. I guess Sen didnt think she was suitable for marriage. By her own theory, she is sexually frustrated.

Nussbaum's real name is Craven but she claims she is a Jew so that she can get the intellectual tag.

[vincekur]

RationalEmotive, you are too stupid - so now you say that Gandhi invented village councils in India? And you believe that Mrs. Nussbaum's claim that ALL Indian men are prone to violence because they are sexually repressed is the soundest psychological theory! You also think that Mrs. Nussbaum accepting Yahweh as the one and only god and jumping naked into a tub of water with four males watching her as witnesses (conversion ceremony) is intelligent? Nussbaum benefited from affirmative action.

[vincekur]

As demonstrated in my earlier comments, she has low IQ. Gandhi did not invent village councils. Not only that, Mrs. Nussbaum is a proponent of the Aryan Invasion Theory which has the basic premise that all of us are descended from one of the sons of Noah. She foolishly memorized this theory without knowing the basic premise which is well documented. Her sexual relationship with Amartya Sen but no marriage made her sexually frustrated (by her own theory) and so she is hateful towards Indians.

[AnthonyBlunt]

23:01 - 35:16 Her feminist view on religion, especially in India.

35:16 - 39:14 Law as an avenue of social change for feminism in America vs India.

39:14 - 44:41 Freedom of religion in USA. Separation of church and state doesn't necessarily mean religion is being marginalised in the social sphere.."Any (school) prayer you choose is going to include some and exclude others."

We should talk of equality, not separation."We don't want to have a state which burdens religion...or favours religion."

[vincekur]

In general, American "experts" are fools. Smart Americans are in law, business and science. University achieve fame due to its scientists. Fools like Martha Nussbaum ride on the coattails of scientists.

How can an expert say that Gandhi introduced village councils? She is clearly INFERIOR. I guess Sen didnt think she was suitable for marriage. By her own theory, she is sexually frustrated.

Nussbaum's real name is Craven but she claims she is a Jew so that she can get the intellectual tag.

[vincekur]

Cannot debate a point of fact. I guess you are too dumb for that.

[noodoo19]

does she really have to recite 1/2 a book to answer 1 question? kreisler's body language often seems to be pleading for her to end her response so that he can actually have a purpose for being there.

[TESOblivion4]

best comment here

[contemplativegirl21]

@noodoo19 I, personally, didn't get that impression from Kreisler during watching this interview. If, however, it is the case that he is "pleading for her to end her response so that he can actually have a purpose for being there", I'd be willing to bet he's just uncomfortable with the fact that a woman has more prestige in philosophy and, thus, more to say on these matters than he does...

[peggy1au]

Not a feminist at all; wishing us all to be empowered to wear a veil and being subservient?: ridiculous thinking. Feminism has taken a very dangerous turn these days.

[vincekur]

Martha Craven aka Mrs. Nussbaum = great philosopher, right?

If you have courage, analyze her "philosophy" and respond to me. She converted to Judaism. So this is what it means -- she read the texts and declared that there is one and only one MALE God (i.e., a god with a penis like that on human males) and she stripped naked and jumped into a bathtub in the presence of four male witnesses.

Yeah, sure! She is a great "philosopher." No wonder Amartya Rothschild (born Sen) used her just for sex.

[RationalEmotive]

you seem to know some facts of Nussbaum's life and convert them in a pseudo-Jungian analysis and interwoven with straw men, which tries to be witty but is end up being obscure and defeatist if you think about it.

Consider yourself rebuked.

[vincekur]

in short you do not have a rational response to the issue of her conversion by declaring that yahweh is the only god and yahweh has a penis. what sort of "philosophy" is this? this idiocy does not occur in Russian or Chinese universities.

[RationalEmotive]

trolling!

[vincekur]

Tom6612, you don't get it. The "liberal arts" folks have less brains than those in hard sciences. This is a fact. The destroyed economy is due to the humanities folks running riot. You are confused by mental abilities and what can be achieved. Any fool can be a philosopher. You don't have subjects like Sexuality Studies in Russia. In the US, you can get a PhD by claiming that all are born as hermaphrodites and gender is a social construct. That is what allowed people like Nussbaum to thrive.

[soccergirlcheri]

Gender is a social construct, you idiot. Do you understand the difference between biological sex and gender?

Perhaps they don't teach that in science class.

[noodoo19]

no, i don't. please enlighten me.

[vincekur]

idiot, i know exactly what you mean and i know how you fell for alan sokal's paper claiming that gravity is a social construct. american humanities morons who are logically challenged are the ones who claim that all of us are transsexuals at birth and choose our genders due to peer pressure. believe me, this idiocy is only in america. that is why an inferior brained person like mrs. nussbaum did not know the details behind the terror attacks in mumbai. check out channel 4's documentary on it.

[RationalEmotive]

"The "liberal arts" folks have less brains than those in hard sciences"

You are trolling, vincekur and waste our collective time with your emotionalism. You use terms, such as "hermaphrodites" and at the same time pretend to possess the naïvete of pre C.P. Snow's "Two Cultures".

My assertion is that you are just an non-Dostoevskyan idiot fed up with Berkeley for some reason.

[tom6612]

>>vincekur wrote - In general, American "experts" are fools. Smart Americans are in law, business and science.

***************

To say that smart americans are in law, business and science is laughable. Look at our destroyed economy and tell me about how the people in law and business are smart. Look at some of the terrible technologies that scientists have been responsible for unleashing. Try to hide your bias a little better if you expect to be taken seriously.

[vincekur]

Looks like Mrs. Nussbaum is forcing her students to give negative ratings to my comments. To those who support her, nussbaum writes that all hindu men are prone to violence because they are sexually frustrated. I have a question for you. do you find this racist or do you find it to be sound psychological theory?

This shows that Nussbaum is racist and she hides the fact that Amartya Sen, an Indian, dumped her after using her for sex. On India, she repeatedly makes factually incorrect claims.

[Johothebozo]

Frustrating when women are successful. Thats not very common in india is it? I dont know the detailed facts of your claim, so maybe i should give you a thumbs up for controversy..

[vkur123]

Johothebozo, you are wrong and prove you are a White Supremacist by trying to trash all Indians. Indian women occupy high political offices (no woman president in US) and most women engineers in US tech companies are Indians. So too is Pepsi CEO. Martha Nussbaum is a product of affirmative action (she is not in science or math cos it requires brains). Humanities = affirmative action for White women. For white women success means having sex (called "liberation"). And no aff action = admin job!

[Johothebozo]

OK, im into rasism, im into bigamy and irresponsibility, im from norway and yes im white. I have a brain, and brains, in the manner of compassionate thinking. Martha nussbaum is trying to legitimate feelings as a discoursive topic, and i feel that thats not a clerly delinated didactive topic in a mathematical or logical sense yet. I dont say that any approach, not even the materialistic approach to theory through economics, can be ruled out here. The dicourse between humans cant do that yet..

[vincekur]

you must be a humanities type without ability to use logic. it is a well known fact that martha is an AFFIRMATIVE ACTION candidate and that would explain why you are patronizing towards her. She is flat out wrong on Gandhi and even a 5th grader in India knows about the ancient village councils that have been in continuous existence till today. She is no psychologist. Even her book on "feelings" is rubbish. It is tolerated because of affirmative action.

[Johothebozo]

Yes lets get distanced and unhappy here people. No woman no understand. All matter, allso that of tne mind can be summarised in a 4 degree calculation based on the possibility of some kind of mental euality not governed by mediocracy, but on perception/recall/energy evaluation. This all mouths out in bickery over scraps..

[ethanlien]

Nussbaum is the single most accute philosopher for quite a few centuries. Her sensitivity to the underlying causes of human actions are not necessarily new, but she understands the mob better than they understand themselves.

[vincekur]

In general, American "experts" are fools. Smart Americans are in law, business and science. University achieve fame due to its scientists. Fools like Martha Nussbaum ride on the coattails of scientists.

How can an expert say that Gandhi introduced village councils? She is clearly INFERIOR. I guess Sen didnt think she was suitable for marriage. By her own theory, she is sexually frustrated.

Nussbaum's real name is Craven but she claims she is a Jew so that she can get the intellectual tag.

[muktamona]

i am her student and will have to agree

[vincekur]

Gandhi did not introduce village councils! She is all fluff and explained the Mumbai attacks as Muslim angst due to persecution. OTOH, the Russian experts were accurate and provided details of factional feuds in terror groups.

Nussbaum is a racist who claimed Hindus are violent because they are sexually frustrated. She suppresses the fact that Amartya Sen did not marry her. Knowing Sen closely does not make one an expert on India.

She routinely uses conspiracy theories in her works on India!

[ibar3734]

I talked to this lady the other day on the phone at work. She must have problems and treated my like I was scum. I have never been treated by anyone so horribly like this woman treated me over that five minute phone call.

[Giovannisenzaterra]

She's charming

[newfan7]

This woman is great and she is nearly 60 years old at this interview. She's got a good humor, a strong vitality and she's very clever.

[S2Cents]

I saw her first.

[fintn]

There is no excuse for that intro music; the programme is quite good though.

[shoujokakumei39]

She is pretty amazing. I'm going to add her to my list of people I admire hehe.

It was very interesting what she said about the separation of church and state, and I think it is important to reiterate that the separation is not meant to marginalize religion, but rather to ensure fairness.

Thanks for posting these :)

[Marly61]

God most have influenced those legs.

[camelinho78]

Martha Nussbaum is an American citizen who has a more European outward-looking,non- self centred way of thinking.Too bad in the US there is not much room for intellectuals like Nussbaum,as public debate is killed by corporate media.Goed dat Nussbaum het Nederlandse tijdschrift "Filosofie Magazine" noemt.Het bevestigt dat folosofie meer dan ooit leeft in Nederland.Mais uma vez um bom exemplo que Nussbaum tem razão afirmando que nos EE.UU os intellectuais não têm muita influência pública

[rickgreat]

She is more of a crook.

[CotGod]

Really, this is an useful and interesting interview, a great tool for my paper.

Of course, she could be the new Hannah Arendt.

Amazing her approach of human development and women!

[AestheticizeAnalog]

I think Hannah Arendt would object to being put in the same category of a thinker who is as concerned with the social as Nussbaum is. Although, both are great thinkers.

[knocked44]

I think Arendt would object to being put in the same category as a girl who hadn't learned philosophy while fucking Heidegger's brains out.

[nuscholar1979]

Prof. Nussbaum is brilliant. I enjoyed this video very much.

[hpintado]

She reminds me of another great women: Hannah Arendt. A most seen video, cultivate your shelf !

[GordonMorrice]

A truly great woman.

[ingvildjohansen]

Thank you for this! im writing a paper on Nussbaum and this was so helpful!

[BahmanG]

thank you very much. this is great!

[cartearse]

thank you for this!

[D4S18L12]

it is good to see information readily available online.