Justice Interruptus: Critical Reflections on the Postsocialist Condition

In this collection of essays, Nancy Fraser makes equally strong political and scholarly contributions. Arguing that "postsocialism" leaves the left lacking in utopian vision, she begins by attempting to formulate such a vision. Rather than choosing to focus on the goal of recognition or that of redistribution (put another way, on cultural or social issues), she argues that any effective leftist politics must work for both simultaneously. Throughout the book she maintains this balance between cultural and social concerns and strategies for change. The result is both politically inspiring and intellectually stimulating.