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

This collection of essays considers some of the conceptual and philosophical contentions that Nancy Fraser’s work has provoked, presenting some compelling examples of its analytical power in a range of contexts. 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 the late Pierre Bourdieu on social suffering. All the essays collected here engage with the work of one or both of these thinkers’. They consider some of the conceptual and philosophical contentions that Fraser’s and Bourdieu’s models have provoked, and offer some compelling examples of their analytical power.