SOURCE: Norton, Anne. “Review Essay on Euben, Okin, and Nussbaum.” Political Theory 29, no. 5 (October 2001): 736-49.

In the following review, Norton discusses Nussbaum's Sex and Social Justice in comparison to The Enemy in the Mirror, by Roxanne Euben, and Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?, by Susan Okin. Norton criticizes both Nussbaum and Okin for failing to account for the works of post-colonial feminist scholars in formulating their arguments.

The Enemy in the Mirror: Islamic Fundamentalism and the Limits of Modern Rationalism [by Roxanne Euben] is a book written with learning, brilliance, and judgment. We are fortunate to have it.

In a more sensible academy, in a more just world, Roxanne Euben would be able to say that she has written a work of political theory—not “comparative political theory.” In fiction, in critical studies in comparative literature, and in political theory, there are now those, educated beyond the conventional...