Family and Friends First? Review of Martha C. Nussbaum et al., For Love of Country
Times Literary Supplement, 1996, pp. 8–9
Abstract
In the autumn of 1994, the Boston Review published a spirited defence of ‘cosmopolitanism’ by the philosopher Martha Nussbaum. Cosmopolitans view themselves as ‘citizens of the world’, and are critical of nationalism and of patriotism. Her essay, together with sixteen responses, has now been republished as a short book, For Love of Country: Debating the Limits of Patriotism. The volume as a whole is engaging, readable and sure to provoke thought.