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Scales of Justice: Reimagining Political Space in a Globalizing World
Paper, 224 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14681-4
$19.50
March, 2009
Cloth, 224 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14680-7
$27.50
"A groundbreaking collection of essays by a major force in contemporary critical social theory. They are not only full of important insights into our contemporary, post-socialist, post-Westphalian historical situation, they are also thoroughly researched, carefully constructed, and rigorously and incisively argued. This is Nancy Fraser at her best." — Amelie Rorty, Harvard University
"Nancy Fraser breaks new ground in rethinking the meaning and consequences of justice in a globalized world. Building upon her earlier work on recognition and redistribution, she forcefully argues that we need to reimagine and reframe a political space of justice that transcends the domain of sovereign territorial states. As always, her essays are vigorous, fresh, lucid, and provocative. A must for anyone interested in a cutting edge critical theory of justice." — Richard Bernstein, The New School for Social Research
"In this lucid and tightly argued book, Nancy Fraser raises the question of how to think about justice when the increasing salience of transnational and subnational processes makes state-centric conceptions of social justice less tenable. A serious engagement with these questions should be central for anyone concerned with social justice, regardless of whether we agree with Fraser's thoughtful answers." — Giovanni Arrighi, Johns Hopkins University
"Combining conceptual clarity with political imagination, Nancy Fraser breaks new ground for a critical theory of justice in an era of globalization. On the basis of a comprehensive analysis of relations of injustice in three dimensions, she asks us to reconsider traditional conceptions of who owes what to whom. A much-needed guide to the largely unknown territory of a just global order." — Rainer Forst, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main