1st Edition

(Mis)recognition, Social Inequality and Social Justice Nancy Fraser and Pierre Bourdieu

Edited By Terry Lovell Copyright 2007
224 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Nancy Fraser’s work provides a theory of justice from multiple perspectives which has created a powerful frame for the analysis of political, moral and pragmatic dilemmas in an era of global capitalism and cultural pluralism. It has been developed through dialogue with key contemporary thinkers, including an extended critical exchange with Axel Honneth that touches importantly upon the work of... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Re-faming Justice in a Globalizing World  3. Justice and the Public Sphere: The Dynamics of Nancy Fraser’s Critical Theory  4. Sexuality, Subjectivity and …Economics?  5. Nancy Fraser’s Theory of Justice: A ‘Sociologically Rich’ Model for a Global Capitalist Era?  6. Class, Moral Worth and Recognition  7. Feminist Critiques of Bourdieu: The Case of Social Capital  8. NQOC: Social Identity and Representation in British Politics  9. (Mis)-Recognition, Social Inequality and Social Justice: A Critical Social Policy Perspective  10. Needs, Rights and Transformations: The Adjudication of Social Rights in South Africa 

Biography

Terry Lovell is a professor in the department of sociology at Warwick University and has published on feminist social and cultural theory.

Lovell’s edited essays offer valuable reflections on an area of common

ground shared by sociology and moral philosophy: the Redistribution or

Recognition debate.

Bridget Fowler is a Professor Emerita of Sociology in the University of

Glasgow