Description
Book SynopsisUnder 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.
Table of ContentsNote on Translations
Introduction
Daniel Benson
Part I: Dialogues
1 Domination and Emancipation: For a Revival of Social Critique
Luc Boltanski and Nancy Fraser
2 Domination and Emancipation in the Current Conjuncture
Philippe Corcuff and Gabriel Rockhill
Part II: Emancipatory Subjects
3 Emancipation, Political and Real
Asad Haider
4 On a Critical Realist Theory of Identity
Rosaura Sánchez
Part III: Counter-Histories
5 Critical and Revolutionary Theory: For the Reinvention of Critique in the Age of Ideological Realignment
Gabriel Rockhill
6 Like a Riot: The Politics of Forgetfulness, Relearning the South, and the Island of Dr. Moreau Françoise Vergès
Part IV: Critical Tensions
7 Emancipation, Domination, and Critical Theory in the Anthropocene
Ajay Singh Chaudhary
8 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 Citton
Notes on Contributors
