PHIL 242 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Identity Politics, Nancy Fraser, Equality Feminism
6 Dec 2015
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Nancy fraser, multiculturalism, anti-essentialism, and radical democracy: a. Genealogy of the current impasse in feminist theory . Why this article: a need for social equality, fraser. Foundation for cultural differences that is not oppressive. Be able to freely participate in society/politics. Her equality feminism is kind of like liberal feminism. What is radical democracy : conception of democracy. Misrecognition of cultural difference: economic redistribution. Meet certain criteria in order to require public support/acceptance. Why it requires linking demands for recognition and redistribution: recognition. Often track one another: injustices of recognition related to injustices of distribution, remedies of injustices which go together, contrast identity politics (crenshaw) with radical democracy (fraser, difference feminism vs equality feminism. Like the 2 branches of the difference approach (mackinnon) Equality feminism/demands for equal participation and fair distribution: contrast anti-essentialism and multiculturalism. Culture is made up of social constructions and fictions.
