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Justice And The Politics Of Difference
Paperback Edition: 1
A landmark work of political theory on the central importance of group identity and cultural pluralism in political life
Justice and the Politics of Difference challenges the prevailing reduction of social justice to distributive justice, critically analysing basic concepts underlying most theories of justice such as impartiality, formal equality, and the unitary moral subjectivity. Drawing on the experiences and concerns of social movements created by marginalised and excluded groups, Iris Marion Young shows how democratic theorists fail to consider institutional arrangements for including people not culturally identified with white European male norms of reason and respectability. Basing her vision of the good society on the differentiated, culturally plural network of contemporary urban life, she argues for a principle of group representation in democratic publics and for group-differentiated policies. Danielle Allen's incisive foreword contextualizes Young's work and explains how debates surrounding social justice have changed sinceand been transformed bythe original publication of the book.
Pages : 304
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Publication date : 2022-07-04
Subjects: Non-fiction, Published in the USA, Humanities, Social Sciences, Politics, Political Activism, Political Structure & Processes