Published : 2026-06-22

Scientist’s History of Life and Proposed Concept of Family

An Example of Martha C. Nussbaum

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The article undertakes an analysis of Martha Craven Nussbaum's scientific achievements in the context of her life history. The author's intention was to search for a possible connection between elements of Nussbaum's life history and the concept of family proposed in her writings. To achieve this goal, Nussbaum's writings were used to reconstruct her concept of family, her life history was described, elements of this history that may have influenced concept of family proposed by her were enumerated, and finally the specificity of the relationship between the elements of this concept and particular events in Martha C. Nussbaum's life was defined.

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Martha Craven Nussbaum, the concept of family, history of life



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Sawicki, K. (2026). Scientist’s History of Life and Proposed Concept of Family: An Example of Martha C. Nussbaum. Biografistyka Pedagogiczna [Biographical Studies in Education], 11(1), 19–35. https://doi.org/10.36578/BP.2026.11.14

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"Biografistyka Pedagogiczna" received funding for the years 2022-2024 from the funds of the Minister of Education and Science under the programme „Rozwój Czasopism Naukowych”.

Project duration: 2023-2024.

The amount of co-financing is 65 992,00 PLN

Contract number: RCN/SP/0434/2021/1