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NancyFraser

Nancy Fraser
Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science and Department Chair

Profile:
Concentrations: Social and political theory; feminist theory; contemporary French and German thought.
Recent Publications:
  • "Feminism, Capitalism and the Cunning of History," New Left Review 56 (March-April 2009). 
  • Scales of Justice: Reimagining Political Space in a Globalizing World (2008). Also in Spanish and Chinese translations.
  • Adding Insult to Injury: Nancy Fraser Debates Her Critics (2008), edited by Kevin Olson. Also in Chinese, Korean and Italian translations.
  • Redistribution or Recognition? A Political-Philosophical Exchange (2003), co-authored with Axel Honneth. Also published in German, Spanish, Polish, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Turkish and Czech translations.
  • Mapping the Radical Imagination: Between Redistribution and Recognition (2003), in Swedish, Czech and Danish translations.
  • Justice Interruptus: Critical Reflections on the "Postsocialist" Condition (1997). Also published in German, Spanish, Chinese, Italian and Japanese translations.
  • Feminist Contentions: A Philosophical Exchange (1994), co-authored with Seyla Benhabib, Judith Butler, and Drucilla. Also published in German and Turkish translations.
  • Unruly Practices: Power, Discourse and Gender in Contemporary Social Theory (1989). Also published in German translation.
  • Qu'est-ce que la justice sociale? Reconnaissance et redistribution. Édition établie et introduction par Estelle Ferrarese (Paris: La Découverte, 2005).
  • Pragmatism, Critique, Judgment: Essays for Richard J. Bernstein, co-edited with Seyla Benhabib (2004).
  • Revaluing French Feminism: Critical Essays on Difference, Agency, and Culture, co-edited with Sandra Bartky (1992).
Office Location:
6 East 16th Street, Room 714
New York, NY 10003
Office Hours:
Email Nancy Shealy, secretary at shealy@newschool.edu for appointment or check updated listed at Student Advisor's Office
Phone Number/Extension:
212.229.5747, ext. 3090

Email:
FraserN@earthlink.net

Research Interests:

Book-in-progress: Abnormal Justice

An overview of the project of Abnormal Justice can be found in a recently published article: Nancy Fraser, "Abnormal Justice," Critical Inquiry, vol. 34, no.3 (2008): 393-422. 

Recent Presentations/Exhibits:

Appointments:

  • Blaise Pascal International Research Chair, l'Ecole des hautes etudes en science sociales, Paris, 2008-2010.
  • Spinoza Professor of Philosophy, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Spring 2004
  • Jantina Tammes Professor of Gender Studies, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, Spring 2003
  • Research Fellowship, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, 2004-2005
  • Vice-President and Member, Conseil scientifique, College international de philosophie, Paris, 2003-present.

Endowed Lectures 2008-2010:

  • Lindner Lecture in Ethics, College of Wooster, November 2009.
  • Nycole Turmel Honorary Lecture, Université du Québec à Montréal, November 2009.
  • Giambattista Vico Lecture, York University, November 2009.
  • Messenger Lectures, Cornell University, October 2009, March 2010.
  • Storrs Lectures, Yale Law School, October 2009.
  • Ernst Fraenkel Lecture, John F. Kennedy-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin, May 2009.
  • Jin Yuelin Lectures, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, March 2009.
  • Mary Wollstonecraft Lecture, University of Hull, UK, March 2009.
  • Blaise Pascal Lectures, EHESS, Paris, January 2009.

Conference sessions on Nancy Fraser's recent work:

  • “Scales of Justice,” book session, with papers by Gary Minda, Jason Hill, and Ina Kerner, at Critical Theory conference, Prague, May 2009.
  • “Response to Nash, Couldry, and Cammaerts” at session on “Nancy Fraser’s Transnationalizing the Public Sphere,” Goldsmiths College, London, May 2008.
  • “Dilemmas of Justice in the 21st Century: Gender and Globalization,” three-day seminar on Nancy Fraser’s work, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, December 2007.

Recent books about Nancy Fraser’s work:

  • Transnationalizing the Public Sphere: Nancy Fraser Debates Her Critics, ed. Kate Nash (Polity Press, forthcoming).
  • Teoría Social y Género: Nancy Fraser y los dilemas teóricos contemporáneos, ed. Adriana Boria and Patricia Morey (forthcoming).
  • Nancy Fraser and the Politics of Recognition: Explorations of Difference and Justice, ed. Judith Vega and Baukje Prins (Dutch University Press, forthcoming).
  • (Mis)recognition, Social Inequality and Social Justice: Nancy Fraser and Pierre Bourdieu, ed. Terry Lovell (Routledge, 2007).

Journal issues about Nancy Fraser's recent work:

  • European Journal of Political Theory, vol. 6, no.4 (2007). Contains essays by Linda Martin Alcoff, James Bohman, Nikolas Kompridis, Rainer Forst and a reply by Nancy Fraser. 
  • Theory, Culture & Society, vol. 24, no. 4 (2007). Contains Nancy Fraser's essay "Transnationalizing the Public Sphere," and replies by 7 commentators. Includes an interview with Nancy Fraser, "The Politics of Framing," by Kate Nash and Vikki Bell.
Awards and Honors:
  • Awarded the Doctor Honoris Causa, by the National University of Cordoba (Argentina), 2006.
  • Delivered the Gilbert Ryle Lectures, at Trent University, Canada in November 2007.
CV (pdf):
Nancy Fraser's Curriculum Vitae


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