Justice and the politics of difference /

"This book challenges the prevailing philosophical reduction of social justice to distributive justice. It critically analyzes basic concepts underlying most theories of justice, including impartiality, formal equality, and the unitary moral subjectivity. Starting from claims of excluded groups...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Young, Iris Marion, 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1990
Series:Princeton paperbacks
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Displacing the distributive paradigm
  • - Five faces of oppression
  • - Insurgency and the welfare capitalist society
  • - The idea of impartiality and the civic public
  • - The scaling of bodies and the politics of identity
  • - Social movements and the politics of difference
  • - Affirmative action and the myth of merit
  • - City life and difference
  • -- Epilogue: International justice