Penn State Series in Critical Theory. Justification and Emancipation : : The Critical Theory of Rainer Forst / / ed. by Amy Allen, Eduardo Mendieta.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• MitwirkendeR: Allen, Amy,; Christman, John,; Forst, Rainer,; Iser, Mattias,; Lu, Catherine,; McCormick, John P.,; Mendieta, Eduardo,; Miller, Sarah Clark,; Yates, Melissa,
• HerausgeberIn: Allen, Amy,; Mendieta, Eduardo,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Penn State Series in Critical Theory ; 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Justification of Progress and the Progress of Justification -- Chapter 3 Autonomy and Justification What Reasons Do We Owe Each Other and Ourselves? -- Chapter 4 Objectionable Objections On Toleration, Respect, and Esteem -- Chapter 5 The Right to Justification and the Good of Nonalienation -- Chapter 6 “A Certain Relation in the Space of Justifications” Intentions, Lateral Effects, and Rainer Forst’s Concept of Noumenal Power -- Chapter 7 Opening “Political Contexts of Injustice” -- Chapter 8 A Feminist Engagement with Forst’s Transnational Justice -- Chapter 9 Progress, Normativity, and Universality Reply to Forst -- Chapter 10 Navigating a World of Conflict and Power Reply to Critics -- Contributors -- Index