{"id":13635,"date":"2019-03-30T13:28:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T12:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cittadellaeditrice.com\/munera\/?page_id=13635"},"modified":"2019-03-30T13:28:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T12:28:04","slug":"contemporary-humanism-kamila-drapalo-on-plants-and-jewels-martha-nussbaums-vulnerability-approach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cittadellaeditrice.com\/munera\/tutti-gli-articoli\/contemporary-humanism-kamila-drapalo-on-plants-and-jewels-martha-nussbaums-vulnerability-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Humanism – Kamila Drapa\u0142o >> On Plants and Jewels: Martha Nussbaum\u2019s Vulnerability Approach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Martha Craven Nussbaum\u2019s distinguished work is as vast as it is difficult to classify. Nonetheless, if one looks at it from the perspective of its basic problematic, two notions seem central: that of human capabilities, and that of human vulnerability. The two are interconnected: while in her most recent writings Nussbaum looks at how political arrangements address human vulnerabilities, she also stresses that prior to that we need to conduct a more philosophical-anthropological analysis on the human being, in order to understand \u00abwhat vulnerabilities should be addressed\u00bb.\u00a0 Therefore, her work on capabilities stems directly from her work on vulnerabilities. However, does it not appear to be a contradiction, or at least a paradox? How does capability correspond to vulnerability? Nussbaum does not seem to address this question directly in her works. In an attempt to offer an answer, this article traces and situates Nussbaum\u2019s work on capabilities in the context of the notion of l\u2019homme capable as developed by Paul Ric\u0153ur. It briefly examines Nussbaum\u2019s work on Greek literature and philosophy and, in the final part, analyses vulnerability\u2019s connection to the notion of suffering and the cataleptic value of literature. In doing so, it attempts to show that the capability approach attempts at dismantling the anthropological conception prevailing in Western philosophical circles, which entails that a human being is an autonomous, rational individual, fully capable of exercising moral judgments.\u00a0 Instead, by embracing vulnerability as an inherent aspect of being a human being, capability presupposes a self utterly immersed in and conditioned by social bonds with others. Such an approach allows Nussbaum to situate literature – due to its potential in exposing our vulnerabilities to us \u2013 as central for the formation of contemporary democracies.<\/p>\n

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