The collapse of communism, the rise of identity politics, and struggles overglobal governance have combined to create new challenges for the Left: How todo justice to legitimate claims for multiculturalism and democratizationwithout abandoning the Left's historic-and still indispensable-commitment toeconomic equality? How to broaden the understanding of injustice by addingcultural and political insult to economic injury?
Adding Insult to Injury tracks the debate sparked by Nancy Fraser'scontroversial effort to combine redistribution, recognition, and representationin a new understanding of social justice. The volume showcases Fraser'scritical exchanges with leading thinkers, including Judith Butler, RichardRorty, Iris Marion Young, Anne Phillips, and Rainer Frost. The result is awide-ranging and at times contentious exploration of varied approaches torebuilding the Left.
A controversial look at the social politics of equality and cultural politics of difference, with critical responses by Judith Butler and others.
