Nancy Fraser

All of us were shocked and dismayed by the news of Michael Burawoy’s tragic and senseless death. For me, that news also brought pangs of regret for missed opportunities. I had long admired Michael’s intellectual brilliance, political commitment, and personal warmth. But I had squandered the chance to develop a sustained relationship with him. In fact, we interacted only sporadically: first, at Northwestern University, in the mid 1990s, when he...

In May 2021, Nancy Fraser, the renowned philosopher, critical theorist, and Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science at the New School for Social Research, met Armin Thurnher, the founder and publisher of the important Austrian weekly Falter for a public interview. Nancy Fraser, as the first Karl Polanyi Visiting Professor hosted by the City of Vienna, the Central European University, the...

Nancy Fraser is one of today’s most eminent critical theorists and feminist thinkers. She is Professor of Philosophy and Politics at the New School for Social Research in New York. In a number of widely read publications, among them Redistribution or recognition? A Political-Philosophical Exchange (2003), a debate with Axel Honneth, she develops a theoretical concept of justice and injustice, arguing that justice can be conceptualized...