Conversations with History: Martha Nussbaum

Conversations Host Harry Kreisler welcomes philosopher Martha Nussbaum for a discussion of women and human development, religious freedom, and liberal education. Series: "Conversations with History" [11/2006] [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 11984]

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Education

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• women
• religion
• education
• martha
• nussbaum

[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.

[horatiodreamt]

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

[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]

@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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.