Nancy Fraser’s Theory of Capitalism Is Politically Vital

Nancy Fraser’s work has had a significant influence on anti-capitalist politics over the past couple of decades. Some of her insights about the relationship between “redistribution” and “recognition” or the “dangerous liaison” of liberal feminism and anti-racism with neoliberal economic agendas have spread beyond left-wing academic circles and entered the vocabulary of political activism. This is precisely what the tradition of critical theory, in which Fraser situates herself, hopes to…