The purpose of the present work is to rethink the dichotomy between recognition and redistribution taking the current scenario of the European crisis as a critical resource. Initially, we will address the theme based on Nancy Fraser’s article titled “Social justice in the knowledge society.” Then we will try to demonstrate how the crisis’ vocabulary leads us to a moral background that breaks the dichotomy between the concepts of recognition and redistribution present in Fraser’s article. After t…
Read moreThe purpose of the present work is to rethink the dichotomy between recognition and redistribution taking the current scenario of the European crisis as a critical resource. Initially, we will address the theme based on Nancy Fraser’s article titled “Social justice in the knowledge society.” Then we will try to demonstrate how the crisis’ vocabulary leads us to a moral background that breaks the dichotomy between the concepts of recognition and redistribution present in Fraser’s article. After that we will apply Lazzarato’s interpretation of Foucaldian category of power in order to understand the European crisis in terms of a structured exercise of power established by the creditor-debtor relationship. From this relationship placed in relief, one can resume Fraser’s concept of struggle for recognition in other perspective, now consonant with a transnational policy, in which the cultural background that accompanies the crisis arises as a result of a political strategy. In this sense, both struggles will be subordinated to the same political game.
