Global Justice and Recognition Theory - Dignifying the Worlds Poor

In the light of intense international focus on ongoing forms of world poverty, this book examines the potential of the concept of recognition in contemporary political philosophy to respond morally to this dire condition.

List of contents

Introduction. From Social Suffering to Dignity for the World's Poor: Towards Global Justice through Cosmopolitan Recognition Theory 1. Conceptualizing the Moral and Political Wrongs of Global Poverty: From Global Redistribution to a Cosmopolitan Theory of Recognition 2. Cosmopolitanism and Distant Others: Reification and the Forgetfulness of Global Poverty in Recent Recognition Theory 3. Defining the First Tier of a Recognition-Based Response to Global Poverty: Social Suffering, Survivalist Agency and Humanitarian Concern for the World's Poor 4. Empowering against Global Poverty Across the Spheres: Durable Empowerment from Social Imaginaries to Recognition Struggles 5. Regarding the Suffering of Others: Rancière on Recognition, Disagreement and Empowering Forms of Power Conclusion. Dignifying the World's Poor: Cosmopolitan Justice, Recognition Theory and Beyond

About the author

Monica Mookherjee is a Senior Lecturer in Political Philosophy at Keele University, Staffordshire, UK. She has previously published in the fields of contemporary political philosophy, especially in the fields of recognition theory, feminist philosophy and multiculturalism. She is the author of Women's Rights as Multicultural Claims (2009).

Summary

In the light of intense international focus on ongoing forms of world poverty, this book examines the potential of the concept of recognition in contemporary political philosophy to respond morally to this dire condition.

Product details

• Authors: Monica Mookherjee, Monica (Keele University Mookherjee
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032438207
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3243820-7
• No. of pages: 164
• Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; PHILOSOPHY / General, Social Theory, Human Rights, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethics and moral philosophy, Political science and theory, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Human rights, civil rights, Development Studies, Social discrimination and social justice