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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Oct. 9, 2001 — Nancy Fraser of the New School for Social Research will give a talk on “Social Justice In the Age of Identity Politics: Redistribution, Recognition, and Participation” on Thursday, Oct. 11, at 4 p.m. in Griffin Hall, room 7.
Fraser’s research explores the relationship between social-democratic politics and the politics of identity and inquiry into the normative basis of social rights in a transnational frame.
Her writings include, most recently, “Redistribution or Recognition? A Political-Philosophical Exchange” and “Adding Insult to Injury: Social Justice and the Politics of Recognition.”
She is the Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Politics and Philosophy in the graduate faculty of political and social science at the New School for Social Research. The graduate faculty at the New School is renowned for its interdisciplinary approach and its research and teaching in democratic social change.
Fraser was awarded an A.B. from Bryn Mawr College in 1969 and a Ph.D. from City University of New York in 1980.
The Williams philosophy department and Women’s and Gender Studies Program are co-sponsoring the talk.
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Published October 9, 2001
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