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This volume presents a translation of a debate between two major theorists: sociologist Luc Boltanski and political philosopher Nancy Fraser. The debate engages with recent developments in political philosophy and sociology, and with pressing contemporary social and political issues. This edition includes a new essay by Fraser and previously untranslated interviews.
List of contents
Note on Translations
Introduction
Daniel BensonPart I: Dialogues1 Domination and Emancipation: For a Revival of Social Critique
Luc Boltanski and Nancy Fraser2 Domination and Emancipation in the Current Conjuncture
Philippe Corcuff and Gabriel Rockhill
Part II: Emancipatory Subjects3 Emancipation, Political and Real
Asad Haider 4 On a Critical Realist Theory of Identity
Rosaura Sánchez
Part III: Counter-Histories5 Critical and Revolutionary Theory: For the Reinvention of Critique in the Age of Ideological Realignment
Gabriel Rockhill6 Like a Riot: The Politics of Forgetfulness, Relearning the South, and the Island of Dr. Moreau
Françoise VergèsPart IV: Critical Tensions7 Emancipation, Domination, and Critical Theory in the Anthropocene
Ajay Singh Chaudhary8 Renewing Critical Theory in an Ultra-Conservative Context: between the Social Sciences, Political Philosophy, and Emancipatory Engagement
Philippe Corcuff 9 Politics in Tensions. Counter-Currents for a Post-Critical Age
Yves CittonNotes on Contributors
About the author
Luc Boltanski is a leading French sociologist and professor at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris. Many of his works have been translated into English, including The New Spirit of Capitalism (2005), On Justification (2006), On Critique: A Sociology of Emancipation (2011), Love and Justice as Competences (2012) and Mysteries and Conspiracies (2014).
