Taking a broader view of humanity

an interview with Amartya Sen

Fonna Forman-Barzilai

pp. 170-180

in: Gary Browning, Raia Prokhovnik, Maria Dimova-Cookson (eds), Dialogues with contemporary political theorists, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

Abstract

Fonna Forman-Barzilai: Amartya Sen is ThomasW. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University, and a Fellow and former Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. Best known for his work on social choice theory and development economics, his work over 50 years has spanned a great variety of subjects in economics and philosophy, including welfare economics, public health, gender studies, moral and political philosophy, and the economics of peace and war. He's one of those rare intellectuals whose work has impacted both academic culture and practical life, pushing the boundaries of academic discourse in paradigm-shattering ways while bettering the condition of human life on the ground.

Cited authors

Sen Amartya

Forman-Barzilai Fonna