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PROFESSOR Judith Shklar's latest book fails the Government department's long parodied three point test, Conclusions come in the form of question; and these, in pregnant triplets. Ordinary Vices makes a virtue of the necessity not to know...
...Shklar, recent recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant, could well have spun dross from a theoretical tower or availed herself of that luxury--abstraction--which so often makes political theory no difficult. Instead, and without making it sound like a how to for political pet owners, the book is "for and about us." "I don't pretend," Shklar writes, "that I am writing a letter from some distant ethical galaxy or addressing strangers...
This year, there are four other Harvard-affiliated recipients of MacArthur grants. They are: Sara L. Lightfoot, professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education; Matthew Meselson, Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences; David R. Nelson, professor of Physics; and Judith N. Shklar, Cowles Professor of Government...
...Shklar's latest work. "Ordinary Vices" is scheduled for publication later this year. The work is an unusual study of human faults, blending political theory and literary writings...
Born in Riga, Latvia, in 1928. Shklar received her A.B. and M.A. degrees from McGill University in Montreal. She also holds a Ph D. from Radcliffe and has been lecturing at Harvard since...