Justification and Emancipation: The Critical Theory of Rainer Forst

Published by Penn State University Press 2019

Justification and Emancipation

The Critical Theory of Rainer Forst

Edited by: Amy Allen and Eduardo Mendieta

Volume 2 in the series Penn State Series in Critical Theory

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271085715

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About this book

This work is both an introduction to and a critical appraisal of the work of Rainer Forst, one of the most important political theorists in Germany today. Structured for classroom use, this collection of original essays engages with Forst’s extant corpus in ways that are both appreciative and critical.

Forst is an original, prolific, and widely known member of the “fourth generation” of Frankfurt School theorists. His significant contributions include a Rawlsian-Habermasian conception of justice that takes seriously the dissent of citizens and moral agents; an original interpretation and analysis of the concept of toleration; and, most recently, a generative idea of “noumenal power,” to which every human being has a claim by virtue of their equal standing within the moral community of all rational beings. Opening with an essay by Forst on the normative conception of progress and closing with a reply to his critics, this volume is both a primer on and a window into the latest contributions to the tradition of critical theory.

In addition to the editors, the contributors include John Christman, Mattias Iser, Catherine Lu, John P. McCormick, Sarah Clark Miller, and Melissa Yates.

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Allen Amy :

Amy Allen is Liberal Arts Professor of Philosophy and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Head of the Department of Philosophy at Penn State University.

Reviews

“Amy Allen and Eduardo Mendieta have given us a timely and valuable appreciation of, and critical engagement with, the work of Rainer Forst. ... They raise many fascinating and important questions and Forst's replies don't merely repeat previously stated views, but often clarify and extend them.”
—William J. Talbott, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Chapter 1 Introduction Amy Allen and Eduardo Mendieta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2 The Justification of Progress and the Progress of Justification Rainer Forst Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Chapter 3 Autonomy and Justification What Reasons Do We Owe Each Other and Ourselves? John Christman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
Chapter 4 Objectionable Objections On Toleration, Respect, and Esteem Mattias Iser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
Chapter 5 The Right to Justification and the Good of Nonalienation Catherine Lu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
Chapter 6 “A Certain Relation in the Space of Justifications” Intentions, Lateral Effects, and Rainer Forst’s Concept of Noumenal Power John P. McCormick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Chapter 7 Opening “Political Contexts of Injustice” Melissa Yates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Chapter 8 A Feminist Engagement with Forst’s Transnational Justice Sarah Clark Miller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Chapter 9 Progress, Normativity, and Universality Reply to Forst Amy Allen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Chapter 10 Navigating a World of Conflict and Power Reply to Critics Rainer Forst Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193

Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 208
Keywords: Political philosophy; Justice; Morality; Right of Justification; Moral Progress; Habermas; Rawls

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Published: September 19, 2019
ISBN: 9780271085715