Nancy Fraser: Can democratic socialism work? (Democracy Summit)

Nancy Fraser is in the final year of her five-year appointment as Visiting Research Professor at Dartmouth College. She is also the Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Philosophy and Politics at the New School for Social Research and a member of the Editorial Committee of New Left Review. Trained as a philosopher, she specializes in critical social theory and political philosophy. Widely known for her work on the relation between redistribution and recognition in the theory of justice, she works now on the relation of capitalism to racial oppression, social reproduction, ecological crisis, feminist movements, and the rise of rightwing populism.

Fraser’s work has been translated into more than twenty languages and was cited three times by the Justices of the Brazilian Supreme Court–in opinions upholding marriage equality, affirmative action, and Afro-descendant collective land rights. Fraser’s newest book is Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care and the Planet–and what we can do about it (Verso, 2022). Other recent books include Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto, co-authored with Cinzia Arruzza and Tithi Bhattacharya (Verso, 2019); The Old is Dying (Verso, 2019); and Capitalism: A Conversation in Critical Theory, co-authored with Rahel Jaeggi (Polity Press, 2018).

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