Theorising power and resistance under contemporary capitalism: An interview with Nancy Fraser
Masquelier, C; Maiguashca, B
Date: 2024
Article
Journal
European Journal of Social Theory
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Abstract
Nancy Fraser (NF) is one of the most influential contemporary Marxist thinkers. As a critical theorist,
she has paid particular attention to issues of power and domination throughout her career. But in
contrast with many of her fellow Frankfurt School members, her theorization of those issues has
remained firmly grounded in a critique ...
Nancy Fraser (NF) is one of the most influential contemporary Marxist thinkers. As a critical theorist,
she has paid particular attention to issues of power and domination throughout her career. But in
contrast with many of her fellow Frankfurt School members, her theorization of those issues has
remained firmly grounded in a critique of capitalism. Much of her work has been devoted to
elucidating the operations of power and domination under capitalism and, more recently, shedding
light on the interconnections between diverse and seemingly discrete struggles for liberation.
In this interview, which took place online in March 2024, Bice Maiguashca (BM) and Charles
Masquelier (CM) are interested in bringing Fraser’s theoretical contributions into dialogue with some
key social and political developments marking contemporary capitalism. Here Fraser reflects on the
meaning of the so-called ‘culture wars’ for theorizing power and domination, the nature of
contemporary struggles for liberation, the role the concept of labour could play in bringing those
movements together in political action, and the wider theoretical and political work needed to achieve
it. Fraser also offers her assessment of some of the theoretical literature that has addressed those
issues. In doing so, she both situates her own work within the wider tradition of Frankfurt School
critical theory and clarifies her views on intersectionality theory.
Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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