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Capability Association

Agency, Well-Being and Justice

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  1. Capability and Pragmatism: Between Social Sciences and Social Philosophy (Berlin, Germany)

    …explore the theoretical and the empirical potential of capability studies today. Three main research themes will be explored during the two-day workshop: the relevance of the capability approach for deliberative democracy, human rights, and self-government; the social relevance of capabilities and their social embeddedness; and the economic dimension of capabilities, addressing vulnerability and empowerment. All these dimensions will be explored…

  2. Martha Nussbaum Lectures

    …ha Nussbaum Lecture was organized in 2014, at the HDCA conference in Athens, Greece. The lectures that have taken place so far: 2022: Achille Mbembe, Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand “The Bases of International Solidarity in Today‘s World” 2019: Leif Wenar, King’s College London “The Development of Unity” 2015: Seyla Benhabib, Yale University “Democratic Iterations and Cosmopolitan Human Rights: A Ne…

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