Paradigms of Justice

This book explores the relation between redistribution and recognition, two key paradigms in the contemporary discourse on justice. Combining insights from the traditions of critical social theory and analytical political philosophy, the volume offers a multifaceted exploration of this incredibly inspiring conceptual couple from a plurality of perspectives. The chapters engage with concepts such as universal basic income, property-owning democracy, poverty, equality, self-respect, pluralism, care, and work, all of which have an impact on individuals’ recognition as well as on distributive policies.

An important contribution to the field of political and social philosophy, the volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of politics, law, human rights, economics, social justice, as well as policymakers.

Denise Celentano is Postdoctoral Fellow in Ethics and Economics at the Centre for Research on Ethics at the University of Montreal, Canada. She was previously a Berggruen Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy at New York University, US. Her research explores problems of social justice and equality, with a focus on work as an issue of justice.

Luigi Caranti is Professor of Political Philosophy at the Universita di Catania, Italy. He has worked as a researcher in various institutions including the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, US, the Australian National University, and the Philipps-Universität – Marburg, Germany. His studies mainly concern the philosophy of Kant and he has contributed extensively to the theoretical, practical, aesthetic, and political dimensions of Kant’s thought. Currently, his research focuses on the philosophical theory of human rights.