Under what conditions can political philosophy and sociology open up new spaces of freedom? In a globalized world, how can we both ensure individual autonomy and guarantee greater levels of social justice? How can we effectively rearticulate a critique of domination and a philosophy of emancipation?

Domination and Emancipation presents an exchange between the sociologist Luc Boltanski and the political philosopher Nancy Fraser, reorganized, revised, and introduced by Philippe Corcuff. The first part of the book is based on questions that were presented during a debate between the two at the 2012 festival 'Mode d'emploi', an exchange that is certain to become a classic debate of critical theory. The debate is augmented by newly translated interviews that see Boltanski venturing into radical politics with Olivier Besancenot and Fraser discussing the future of feminism. The book concludes with a rethinking of individualism and alienation in order to provide the groundwork for a new social theory for the 21st Century.

About the Author

Luc Boltanski is a leading French sociologist and professor at the Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales, Paris. Many of his works have been translated into English, including The New Spirit of Capitalism, On Justification, On Critique: A Sociology of Emancipation, Love and Justice as Competence, and Mysteries and Conspiracies.

Nancy Fraser is Henry A. and Louise Loeb professor of political and social science at the New School for Social Research. Her many publications include Fortunes of Feminism, Scales of Justice, Adding Insult to Injury: Nancy Fraser Debates Her Critics, and Redistribution or Recognition? (with Axel Honneth).

Daniel Benson (the translator) is a postdoctoral teaching fellow in the French department at New York University.

Book Information
ISBN 9781786606990
Author Daniel Benson
Format Hardback
Page Count 316
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield International
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield International
Weight(grams) 581g
Dimensions(mm) 238mm * 160mm * 23mm