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Martha Nussbaum on Why Democracy Needs the Humanities

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We Interview American philosopher, author and legal expert Martha Nussbaum she is currently Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, a chair that includes appointments in the Philosophy Department, the Law School, and the Divinity School. She also holds Associate appointments in Classics and Political Science, is a member of the Committee on Southern Asian Studies, and a Board Member of the Human Rights Program. She previously taught at Harvard and Brown where she held the rank of university professor. She speaks about her latest book Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities (Order Book)

Plus tribute to Nelson Mandela,

“In 2007 Nelson Mandela announced the formation of The Elders on his 89th Birthday. He described the Elders as a small dedicated group of leaders who will work objectively, free from any vested personal interest, to help address global challenges”

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Hahnel on the shut down of the US government

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Robin Hahnel is a Professor of Economics at Portland State University. He is best known for his work on participatory economics with Z Magazine editor Michael Albert. Hahnel is a radical economist and political activist, his most recent book is “Of the People, By the People The case for a participatory economy”

He speaks to Sylvia about the shut down of the US government and the precarious political gamesmanship that’s going on and how this ongoing political deadlock creates a scenario where the US economy cannot recover. More importantly he speaks to how this never ending manufactured political crisis keeps the national conversation focused on debt reduction and austerity which is counterproductive. (Order Book)

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Brewster Kneen on his book The tyranny of rights

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Brewster Kneen points out that a demand for a right is made to an authority which is deemed to have the ability (though not necessarily the intention) to grant the right. This automatically puts those claiming a right in a position of subservience to that authority. Such a situation is particularly poignant for those, like Indigenous peoples, for whom rights’ are secondary to responsibilities and relationships, but who nevertheless find themselves using the rights language as the only way to communicate. (Order Book)

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“Not a Conspiracy Theory” How Business Propaganda Hijacks Democracy”

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We speak to Dr Donald Gutstein , author of “Not a Conspiracy Theory , How Business Propaganda Hijacks Democracy” speaks about the need for progressives to win in the arena of public ideas. (Order Book)