Redistribuzione o riconoscimento? Lotte di genere e disuguaglianze economiche

Fraser wins on points. Mostly jabs thrown, a few body shots, but no dangerous punches. For Fraser, this book has been superseded by her dialogue with Jaeggi. For Honneth, I mean... I'm just not a fan, and he seems to get worse with age. This is a perfectly reasonable statement of what his position w Leggi tutto

'een discussie van drie nullen achter de comma'

Let my start off by saying that this book is a very fertile work for the patient and careful reader who wants to get a feel for the kinds of issues to consider in the redistribution/recognition debate on social justice. However, I'm finding this to be a very annoying book to read. In this book, Honne Leggi tutto

How did the frankfurt school go from Adorno to this shit?

I read this for Philosophy class.

The book demonstrates a political debate between two intellectuals arguing in essence for the "best" way for social justice to be had. Nancy Fraser begins by dissecting the two poles of redistribution and recognition. She breaks them down but in the end synthesizes them into a theory of the necessit Leggi tutto

This book is hippie nonsense with - "the far more reaching goal of respecting cultural practices of a minority as something socially valuable in itself - as a social good." Even Neo-Nazi's? Should we respect the cultural values of a group that possesses no mutual respect for other groups? Get real.

A core text for anyone interested in the rise of 'identity politics' since the end of the 20th century. While Fraser's contributions are quite well known to English readers, this book provides a dialogue between Fraser and Axel Honneth who provides a welcome alternative.