Scales of justice : reimagining political space in a globalizing world /
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| Author / Creator: | Fraser, Nancy. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Columbia University Press, c2009. |
| Description: | x, 224 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New directions in critical theory |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7547641 |
| Summary: | Until recently, struggles for justice proceeded against the background of a taken-for-granted frame: the bounded territorial state. With that "Westphalian" picture of political space assumed by default, the scope of justice was rarely subject to open dispute. Today, however, human-rights activists and international feminists join critics of structural adjustment and the World Trade Organization in challenging the view that justice can only be a domestic relation among fellow citizens. Targeting injustices that cut across borders, they are making the scale of justice an object of explicit struggle.<br> <br> Inspired by these efforts, Nancy Fraser asks: What is the proper frame for theorizing justice? Faced with a plurality of competing scales, how do we know which one is truly just? In exploring these questions, Fraser revises her widely discussed theory of redistribution and recognition. She introduces a third, "political" dimension of justice--representation--and elaborates a new, reflexive type of critical theory that foregrounds injustices of "misframing." Engaging with thinkers such as Jürgen Habermas, John Rawls, Michel Foucault, and Hannah Arendt, she envisions a "postwestphalian" mapping of political space that accommodates transnational solidarity, transborder publicity, and democratic frame-setting, as well as emancipatory projects that cross borders. The result is a sustained reflection on who should count with respect to what in a globalizing world. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 224 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-215) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231146807 0231146809 9780231519625 0231519621 |
