Public Lecture with Dr Martha Craven Nussbaum: Ageing and Stigma
Age is the only category of discrimination that includes all humans. However, ageing people are stigmatised in popular culture and discourse, and regarded with a disgust closely linked to fear. Dr Nussbaum argues that stigma against the ageing is a social problem, producing unhappiness and injustice such as discrimination in employment and social interactions, not to mention what she calls a ‘huge social evil’ – that of compulsory retirement.

Dr Martha Craven Nussbaum is the 2016 Kyoto Prize Laureate for Arts and Philosophy. The Kyoto Prize is an international award to honour those who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural, and spiritual betterment of humankind. The Blavatnik School of Government is pleased to host the Kyoto Prize Laureates as part of the inaugural Kyoto Prize at Oxford events.
Date: 10 May 2017, 11:30 (Wednesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2017)
Venue: Blavatnik School of Government, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Accessible building
Speakers: Speaker to be announced
Organising department: Blavatnik School of Government
Organiser contact email address: events@bsg.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Kyoto Prize at Oxford
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Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.kyotoprize.ox.ac.uk/events/public-lecture-dr-martha-craven-nussbaum
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Lucy Forsyth