Justice Interruptus: Critical Reflections on the Postsocialist Condition

by Nancy Fraser

Book Overview

Refuting the argument to choose between "the politics of recognition" and the "politics of redistribution," Justice Interruptus integrates the best aspects of both. ********************************************************* ** 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415917956
• ISBN13: 9780415917957
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

just a brilliant book

In this collection of essays, Nancy Fraser makes equally strong political and scholarly contributions. Arguing that "postsocialism" leaves the left lacking in utopian vision, she begins by attempting to formulate such a vision. Rather than choosing to focus on the goal of recognition or that of redistribution (put another way, on cultural or social issues), she argues that any effective leftist politics must work for both simultaneously. Throughout the book she maintains this balance between cultural and social concerns and strategies for change. The result is both politically inspiring and intellectually stimulating.