For love of country : debating the limits of patriotism

For Love Of Country Is A Rare Forum - An Exciting Conversation Among Some Of Our Most Prominent Intellectuals About Where Our Basic Loyalties Should Lie. At The Center Of This Lively, Accessible Book Of Debate Is Martha Nussbaum's Passionate Argument For Cosmopolitanism. With Our Connections To The Rest Of The World Growing Stronger, She Argues, We Should Distrust Conventional Patriotism As A Parochial Ideal, And Instead See Ourselves First Of All As Citizens Of The World. Sixteen Writers And Thinkers Respond To Nussbaum's Piece In Short, Hard-hitting Essays, Acknowledging The Power Of Her Argument, But Often Defending Patriotisms And Other Local Commitments. We Hear From An Astonishing Range Of Writers - Philosophers And Poets, Literary Scholars And Historians. Nussbaum Reaffirms The Cosmopolitan Ideal In A Moving Closing Essay. This Is A Book For All Citizens. Representing American Philosophy At Its Most Relevant And Readable, For Love Of Country Will Shape The Way We Think About Some Of Our Most Urgent Public Issues And Deepest Human Obligations. Patriotism And Cosmopolitanism / Martha C. Nussbaum -- Cosmopolitan Patriots / Kwame Anthony Appiah -- Constitutional Faith / Benjamin R. Barber -- From Part To Whole / Sissela Bok -- Universality In Culture / Judith Butler -- Revisioning Cosmopolitanism / Richard Falk -- Limits Of Loyalty / Nathan Glazer -- Democratic Citizenship / Amy Gutmann -- The Illusions Of Cosmopolitanism / Gertrude Himmelfarb -- Don't Neglect The Little Platoons / Michael W. Mcconnell -- Eros Against Esperanto / Robert Pinsky -- Must We Choose Between Patriotism And Universal Reason? / Hilary Putnam -- The Difficulty Of Imagining Other People / Elaine Scarry -- Humanity And Citizenship / Amartya Sen -- Why Democracy Needs Patriotism / Charles Taylor -- Neither Patriotism Nor Cosmopolitanism / Immanuel Wallerstein -- Spheres Of Affection / Michael Walzer -- Reply / Martha C. Nussbaum. Martha C. Nussbaum With Respondents ; Edited By Joshua Cohen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [145]-151). Contents: Editor's Preface by Joshua Cohen Introduction by Martha C. Nussbaum PART I Martha C. Nussbaum - PATRIOTISM AND COSMOPOLITANISM PART II Kwame Anthony Appiah - COSMOPOLITAN PATRIOTS Benjamin R. Barber - CONSTITUTIONAL FAITH Sissela Bok - FROM PART TO WHOLE Judith Butler - UNIVERSALITY IN CULTURE Richard Falk - REVISIONING COSMOPOLITANISM Nathan Glazer - LIMITS OF LOYALTY Amy Gutman - DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP Gertrude Himmelfarb - THE ILLUSIONS OF COSMOPOLITANISM Michael W. McConnell - DON'T NEGLECT THE LITTLE PLATOONS Robert Pinsky - EROS AGAINST ESPERANTO Hilary Putnam - MUST WE CHOOSE BETWEEN PATRIOTISM AND UNIVERSAL REASON? Elaine Scarry - THE DIFFICULTY OF IMAGINING OTHER PEOPLE Amartya Sen - HUMANITY AND CITIZENSHIP Charles Taylor - WHY DEMOCRACY NEEDS PATRIOTISM Immanuel Wallerstein - NEITHER PATRIOTISM NOR COSMOPOLITANISM Michael Walzer - SPHERES OF AFFECTION PART III Martha C. Nussbaum - REPLY