Nancy Fraser is an American philosopher and critical theorist, born in 1947, and the Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor Emerita of Political and Social Science at The New School in New York City. She is widely known for her critique of identity politics and her philosophical work on the concept of justice, and she has also been a prominent critic of contemporary liberal feminism and its abandonment of social justice issues. She holds honorary doctoral degrees from four universities in three countries, won the 2010 Alfred Schutz Prize in Social Philosophy from the American Philosophical Association, and served as President of the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division for the 2017 to 2018 term. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionDeveloped an influential framework analyzing justice in terms of redistribution, recognition and representation; a leading critic of identity politics and of contemporary liberal feminisms abandonment of social justice issues. 1 Notable WorkRedistribution or Recognition? A Political-Philosophical Exchange (with Axel Honneth, 2003) 1 Connections
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Fraser work on redistribution and recognition analyzed how welfare-state policy debates split along, and could better integrate, economic and identity-based claims.
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Widely known for her critique of identity politics and her philosophical work on the concept of justice, Fraser is also a staunch critic of contemporary liberal feminism and its abandonment of social justice issues.
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