Fortunes of Feminism: From State-Managed Capitalism to Neoliberal Crisis

Fraser's political philosophy creates a “thick,” nuanced understanding of justice as embodying a range of normative principles meant to inform political, economic and cultural practices. She considers what constitutes just social relations and values, who ought to be involved in such discussions, and how to deliberate to achieve justice within a globalizing world. Here Fraser is particularly concerned with the ways that various feminist theories and movements, have helped—and sometimes hindered—efforts to think about and organize movements of justice by and for women. In short, Fortunes of Feminism represents an ambitious re-theorizing of political philosophy from the standpoint of feminist concerns and struggles over the last four decades, offering up a universal political philosophy of justice informed by and informing women's emancipation in the midst of a global crisis of world capitalism. The book is not without lacunae, however, and I conclude with two suggestions towards a more truly egalitarian—and ecological—feminist political philosophy, largely compatible with Fraser's own framework. © 2015 Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.