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Nancy Fraser is the Henry and Louise A. Loeb Professor of Philosophy and Politics at the New School for Social Research. She is a leading critical theorist and socialist feminist whose work over the past forty years has addressed issues of power, identity, emancipation, capital, justice, and oppression, especially in relation to the limits of liberalism. Working with the broad tradition of Foucault, Habermas, and the Frankfurt School, Fraser has focused on structural injustice, with attention to the conceptual and ideological underpinnings that sustain it. Her focus is the critique of capitalism, which she conceives broadly, not as an economic system, but as an institutionalized social order, which harbors multiple forms of oppression and crisis tendencies.
Some of her canonical works include Redistribution or Recognition? A Political-Philosophical Exchange with Axel Honneth and Fortunes of Feminism: from state-managed capitalism to neoliberal crisis. More recently, she published Feminism for the 99%: A manifesto with Tithi Bhattacharya and Cinzia Arruzza, Capitalism: A C In this course, I will give an introduction to the philosophy of critical theorist and feminist scholar Nancy Fraser. Fraser, we’ll suggest, brings critical theory into the 21st century, exploring class struggle in a way that concentrates on the contingent, real-life individual that is as a person of colour, LGBTQI, feminist for example, and one living in the neoliberal, financialised world. Fraser develops a framework of justice that makes an examination of present-day political and social struggles theorisable. Currently a professor at the New School of Social Theory, Fraser approaches the present day with a faith in material conditions, while taking capitalism to be more than merely just an economic system. She continues the work of critical theory to make it more relevant than ever, exploring philosophical concepts in a way that is both rigorous, yet accessible. Fraser's theory is fundamental to discussions of social justice in the contemporary sphere. We will read excerpts from Fraser’s most prominent works to gain an understanding of her thought and thereby use it to analy Copyright ©popfray.pages.dev 2025•
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Nancy Fraser
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born: From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump and Beyond Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It Fortunes of Feminism. From State-Managed Capitalism to Neoliberal Crisis Redistribution or Recognition? A Political-Philosophical Exchange
byCapitalism: A Conversation in Critical Theory
byScales of Justice: Reimagining Political Space in a Globalizing World (New Directions in Critical Theory, 31) ¡Contrahegemonía ya!: Por un populismo progresista que enfrente al neo