Justice Interruptus

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PHILOSOPHY/POLITICS/WOMEN'S STUDIES "Through a penetrating series of interventions in contemporary debates in social and political thought, Nancy Fraser tries to overcome the falsé oppositions of what she names our post-socialist condition.' Arguing that the separation of struggles for recognition of diverse identities from struggles for distribution of material goods and services is a falsé juxtaposition, she attempts to show how the social' and the cultural' left can once more come together around common goals." --Seyla Benhabib, Harvard University "This collection of articles forms a highly innovative and originál endeavor to 'interrupt' the conventional discussion on justice by questioning both our underlying interpretation of specific needs and desires, and our normative concepts and notions. Thus, we come much closer to an idea of what it could mean under 'postsocialist' conditions to treat different groups or individuals equally." -Axel Honnethjohann Wolfgang... Tovább

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PHILOSOPHY/POLITICS/WOMEN'S STUDIES "Through a penetrating series of interventions in contemporary debates in social and political thought, Nancy Fraser tries to overcome the falsé oppositions of what she names our post-socialist condition.' Arguing that the separation of struggles for recognition of diverse identities from struggles for distribution of material goods and services is a falsé juxtaposition, she attempts to show how the social' and the cultural' left can once more come together around common goals." --Seyla Benhabib, Harvard University "This collection of articles forms a highly innovative and originál endeavor to 'interrupt' the conventional discussion on justice by questioning both our underlying interpretation of specific needs and desires, and our normative concepts and notions. Thus, we come much closer to an idea of what it could mean under 'postsocialist' conditions to treat different groups or individuals equally." -Axel Honnethjohann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitát Frankfurt am Main "Nancy Fraser is one of the most creative social philosophers and critical theorists of her generation. This book is vintage Fraser-historically grounded, theoretically advanced, and politically progressive." -Cornel West, Harvard University What does it mean to think critically about politics at a time when inequality is increasing worldwide, when struggles for the recognition of difference are eclipsing struggles for social equality, and when we lack any credible vision of an alternative to the present order? Philosopher Nancy Fraser claims that the key is to overcome the falsé oppositions of "postsocialist" commonsense. Refuting the view that we must choose between "the politics of recognition" and "the politics of redistribution," Fraser argues for an integrative approach that encompasses the best aspects of both. Nancy Fraser is Professor of Political Science in the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research. She is the author of Unruly Practices: Power; Discourse and Gender in Contemporary Social Theory (1989), the co-author of Feminist Contentions: A Philosophical Exchange (Routledge, 1994), and the co-editor of Revaluing French Feminism: Critical Essays on Difference, Agency, and Culture (1992). Vissza