Justice and the Politics of Difference

A landmark work of political theory on the central importance of group identity and cultural pluralism in political lifeJustice and the Politics of Difference challenges the prevailing reduction of social justice to distributive justice, critically analyzing 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 marginalized 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 since-and been transformed by-the original publication of the book.

Product details

• Authors: Iris Marion Young
• Assisted by: Danielle S. Allen (Foreword), Allen Danielle S. (Foreword)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 12.04.2022
• Subject: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs
• EAN: 9780691235165
• ISBN: 978-0-691-23516-5
• Pages: 304
• Dimensions (packing): 14.2 x 21.5 x 2 cm
• Series: Princeton Classics
• Subjects: Institution, Empowerment, Civil Society, Dichotomy, Politics, Emancipation, Welfare State, Social Theory, Capitalism, Economics, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, lesbian, democratization, morality, Political Philosophy, Social Practice, Theory, Postmodernism, social status, income, Welfare, Employment, Social Movement, Criticism, Tax, Public Sphere, Critical Theory, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Racism, Ideology, Activism, Oppression, Homophobia, Prejudice, Citizenship, Government, Public Policy, Deliberation, Wealth, liberalism, Social Justice, Social Structure, Exclusion, Sexism, Rationality, Gender studies, gender groups, requirement, Marxism, common good, Subjectivity, sovereignty, Consideration, Seyla Benhabib, Disadvantage, social exclusion, Participatory Democracy, distributive justice, Insurgency, Industrial society, individualism, Affirmative action, cultural imperialism, Equal Opportunity, Division of labour, Philosopher, Obedience (human behavior), Social group, Social relation, Bureaucrat, Just society, A Theory of Justice, Structure and agency, dominant culture