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Nancy Fraser

Sociology

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.

Facts
Birth Date
1947-05-20 1
Birth Year
1947 1
Nationality / Culture
American 1
Defining Contribution
Developed 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 Work
Redistribution or Recognition? A Political-Philosophical Exchange (with Axel Honneth, 2003) 1
Connections

Associated With

Welfare State, Institutions and Social Structures

Fraser work on redistribution and recognition analyzed how welfare-state policy debates split along, and could better integrate, economic and identity-based claims.

Practices Studied

Capitalism, Institutions and Social Structures
Source Nancy Fraser (Wikipedia)
Welfare State, Institutions and Social Structures
Source Nancy Fraser (Wikipedia)
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Nationality

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Nancy Fraser (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2
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Nancy Fraser (; born May 20, 1947) is an American philosopher, critical theorist, feminist, and the Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor Emerita of Political and Social Science and professor of philosophy at The New School in New York City.
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1. Nancy Fraser (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    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.
  • Practices Studied: Welfare State, Article text
    Had Fraser utilized the works of analytic political thinkers when she finally came to formulate her socialist-feminist theory of the welfare state she could have exploited the admittedly "thin" theories of political agency and political rights within political philosophy today.
  • Practices Studied: Capitalism, Article text
    In other words, Fraser asserts that too much of a focus on identity politics diverts attention from the deleterious effects of neoliberal capitalism and the growing wealth inequality that characterizes many societies.
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Wikidata: Nancy Fraser
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