On Beauty and Being Just As she attempts to straddle

As she attempts to straddle both worlds

and changing friendships

In this "superbly researched" (The Washington Post) and timely book

their wife and mother

Science has never been more involving or entertaining

On Beauty and Being Just As she attempts to straddleHave we become beauty blind? For two decades or more in the humanities, various political arguments have been put forward against beauty: that it distracts us from more important issues; that it is the handmaiden of privilege; and that it masks political interests. In On Beauty and Being Just Elaine Scarry not only defends beauty from the political arguments against it but also argues that beauty does indeed press us toward a greater concern for