Social Life of Justice

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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In an age of crisis and uncertainty, Nasar Meer asks what justice means in an unjust world, and how it might be sustained in uncertain times. The Social Life of Justice presents clear, vivid examples to reimagine justice as a social practice of design: something we make, repair and contest through our institutions, histories and everyday relations.Ranging from Plato to climate change, from social contracts to international humanitarian law, the book traces how the moral vocabularies of law, policy and borders have been shaped by power, and suggests ways by which they might yet be redesigned to minimize harm and distribute benefits more fairly. Using examples of racial, gender, epistemic and environmental justice, Meer invites readers to see how ideas of justice are created and contested through lived human experience rather than from the theories we inherit.Written with clarity and urgency, this book will appeal to readers interested in sociology, political theory, law and global studies.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-09-25
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor228
Upplaga26001
FörlagPolity Press
ISBN9781509573646

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AcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsPrefaceChapter 1: Introduction: Justice in an Unjust WorldChapter 2: Where is the Justice?Chapter 3: Justice and Domination ContractsChapter 4: Legislation and Policy, Bordering as DesignChapter 5: Witnessing, Knowing, and Ignoring InjusticeChapter 6: Out of Sight, Out of Climate JusticeChapter 7: Justice After the Trouble: Institutions, Memory, BordersBibliographyNotesIndex

"Our dominant conceptions of justice are treated as constitutive of social life, not merely idealized critical reflections on it. A deeply challenging work, in the very best of ways."David Theo Goldberg, University of California, Irvine"Nasar Meer has just offered a most remarkable take on the classic canon of political philosophy, one that may finally respond to the often despairing call of the critical social sciences and humanities for a truly grounded, transformative concept of justice. This is powerful, precise and passionate writing."Adrian Favell, Radical Humanities Laboratory, University College Cork