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Nancy Fraser

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Born May 20, 1947 (78 years old)
Baltimore, United States
17 books
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74 readers

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Nancy Fraser (born 20 May 1947) is an American critical theorist, feminist, and the Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science and professor of philosophy at The New School in New York City. Widely known for her critique of identity politics and her philosophical work on the concept of justice, Fraser is also a staunch critic of contemporary liberal feminism and its abandonment of social justice issues. Fraser holds honorary doctoral degrees from four universities in three countries, and won the 2010 Alfred Schutz Prize in Social Philosophy from the American Philosophical Association. Source: Nancy Fraser on Wikipedia (Wikipedia contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0)

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Scales of justice

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A country Eden blooms with murderSwevenings village is pretty as a picture, but its secrets are ugly; and its gentry dread the publication of Sir Harold Lacklander's memoirs. When one of them is murdered, Inspector Roderick Alleyn's investigation takes him through petty vendettas, an ex-commander's blend of whiskey and archery, and cocktails on the lawn with a femme fatale. But the motive he's angling for lies even deeper than the trout stream beneath the rustic bridge...

Justice interruptus

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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 vision of an alternative to the present order? Philosopher Nancy Fraser claims that the key is to overcome the false oppositions of "postsocialist" commonsense. Refuting the view that we must choose between "the politics of recognition" and "the politics of redistribution," Fraser argues for an integrative approach that encompasses the best aspects of both.

Der Streit um Differenz

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This unique volume presents a debate between four of the top feminist theorists in the United States today. Seyla Benhabib, Judith Butler, Drucilla Cornell and Nancy Fraser discuss some of the key questions facing feminist theory. Each articulates her own position in an initial essay, then responds to the others in a follow-up essay, making possible a conversation between these influential feminist thinkers. Begun as a symposium on the issue of feminism and postmodernism, the volume evolved into a discussion of broader issues such as the usefulness of postmodernism as a theoretical concept; the role of philosophy in social criticism; how historical narrative is best conceptualized; the status of the subject of feminism; and the political effects of different formulations of all these issues. Unlike many collections which assume a given topic and ask various thinkers to respond to it, this format enables the contributors themselves to articulate their own views on the key questions facing feminist theory and distinguish their views from others. (Source: [Yale University](

¿Reconocimiento o redistribución?

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¿Forma parte la regulación heterosexual normativa del proceso de acumulación capitalista hasta el punto de resultar imprescindible para su propia supervivencia? Esta puede ser la pregunta en torno a la cual se organiza el debate entre estas dos importantes teóricas feministas a finales de los años noventa del siglo XX. Se trata de una pregunta eminentemente política. La discusión comienza con la propuesta de Nancy Fraser de distinguir entre dos polos analíticos presentes en las luchas del momento: las luchas por el reconocimiento (prototípicamente, las luchas LGTB) y las luchas por la redistribución (protípicamente, las luchas de clase). La aguda contestación de Judith Butler a Fraser, inspirada en la crítica feminista y marxista a la familia, plantea una serie de cuestiones que todavía siguen presentes en el debate contemporáneo. Se trata del complejo problema de la relación entre lo económico y lo cultural en las formaciones capitalistas y de la hibridación de estas dos dimensiones en lo que se refiere a la producción del género y la sexualidad en esas mismas sociedades.

Fortunes of feminism

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During the ferment of the New Left, "Second Wave" feminism emerged as a struggle for womenʹs liberation and took its place alongside other radical movements that were questioning core features of capitalist society. But feminismʹs subsequent immersion in identity politics coincided with a decline in its utopian energies and the rise of neoliberalism. Now, foreseeing a revival in the movement, Fraser argues for a reinvigorated feminist radicalism able to address the global economic crisis. Feminism can be a force working in concert with other egalitarian movements in the struggle to bring the economy under democratic control, while building on the visionary potential of the earlier waves of womenʹs liberation. This powerful new account is set to become a landmark of feminist thought. -- Publisher description.

Feminism for The 99%

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Unaffordable housing, poverty wages, inadequate healthcare, border policing, climate change—these are not what you ordinarily hear feminists talking about. But aren’t they the biggest issues for the vast majority of women around the globe? Taking as its inspiration the new wave of feminist militancy that has erupted globally, this manifesto makes a simple but powerful case: feminism shouldn’t start—or stop—with the drive to have women represented at the top of their professions. It must focus on those at the bottom, and fight for the world they deserve. And that means targeting capitalism. Feminism must be anticapitalist, eco-socialist and antiracist.

Fortunas del feminismo

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Este nuevo libro de Nancy Fraser traza la evolución del movimiento feminista desde la década de 1970 hasta la actualidad y anticipa una fase nueva, radical e igualitaria, del pensamiento y la acción feministas, que se insertará con fuerza en el actual ciclo de luchas contra las políticas y las prácticas neoliberales. Durante el fermento de la nueva izquierda a lo largo de las décadas de 1960 y 1970, el feminismo de «segunda ola» emergió al calor de la lucha por la liberación de las mujeres y ocupó un lugar destacado junto a otros movimientos radicales que cuestionaban los rasgos fundamentales de la sociedad capitalista. Pero la posterior inmersión del feminismo en los laberintos de la política de la identidad desde mediados de la década de 1980 coincidió con un descenso de sus energías utópicas, con el ascenso del neoliberalismo como conjunto de políticas de dominación y con la desradicalización y derechización del conjunto del espectro político. En el momento actual, previendo una recuperación de las energías políticas del movimiento, Fraser defiende la revitalización de un radicalismo feminista capaz de abordar la actual crisis sistémica del capitalismo y sus modos de producción de valor y de reproducción social. En esta coyuntura, Fraser apuesta por que el feminismo se convierta en una fuerza que trabaje y luche, en concierto con otros movimientos igualitarios, por situar la economía bajo el control democrático, ampliando al mismo tiempo el potencial visionario de las anteriores olas de liberación de las mujeres. Este convincente y nuevo análisis está destinado a convertirse en un hito del pensamiento feminista y a inspirar las luchas e iniciativas de las mujeres y de los nuevos movimientos sociales en el seno de la actual crisis política, financiera, económica y ecológica.