Martha c nussbaum recipient of the 2012 prince of asturias award for social sciences disgust and shame are problematic emotions that often appear to want to repudiate our basic body based humanity martha nussbaum claims in this ambitious and timely book nussbaum is by no means in favor of purging the law of all reference to . Martha nussbaum argues that we should be wary of these emotions because they are associated in troubling ways with a desire to hide from our humanity embodying an unrealistic and sometimes. Buy the paperback book hiding from humanity disgust shame and the law by martha c nussbaum at indigoca canadas largest bookstore free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Martha nussbaum argues that we should be wary of these emotions because they are associated in troubling ways with a desire to hide from our humanity embodying an unrealistic and sometimes pathological wish to be invulnerable nussbaum argues that the thought content of disgust embodies magical ideas of contamination and impossible aspirations to purity that are just not in line with human . Martha c nussbaum is ernst freund distinguished service professor at the university of chicago appointed in the law school and the philosophy department among her many awards are the 2018 berggruen prize the 2017 don m randel award for humanistic studies from the american academy of arts and sciences and the 2016 kyoto prize in arts and philosophy