The Routledge Handbook of Non-Ideal Theory

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-32431-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 498 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1020 g

Reihe: Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy

Made popular by John Rawls, ideal theory in political philosophy is concerned with putting preferences and interests to one side to achieve an impartial consensus and to arrive at a just society for all. In recent years, ideal theory has drawn increasing criticism for its idealised picture of political philosophy and its inability to account for the challenges posed by inequalities of, for example, race, gender, and class and by structural injustices stemming from colonialism and imperialism. The Routledge Handbook of Non-Ideal Theory is the first handbook or reference source on this important and fast-growing debate.

Comprised of 34 chapters by an international team of contributors, the Handbook is divided into three clear parts:

- Methodological Challenges

- Intersections

- Applied Issues and Contemporary Challenges

Within these sections key topics are addressed including: the question of whether non-ideal theory is methodologically linked to ideal theory; its intersection with feminist philosophy, critical race theory, decolonial theory, and critical theory; its characteristic features; the role of the non-ideal theorist; its relation to activism; and its application in the context of disability and health studies, climate justice, global injustices, colonialism, and many more. As well as a comprehensive introduction which provides important background to the debate between ideal and non-ideal theory, the Handbook also features a contribution by the late philosopher Charles Mills on non-ideal theory as ideology.

The Routledge Handbook of Non-Ideal Theory is essential reading for students and scholars of political philosophy, ethics, and political theory, and will also be of interest to those studying and researching related subjects such as gender, race, and social justice.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hänel, Hilkje C

Müller, Johanna M

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Hilkje C. Hänel and Johanna M. Müller  Revisiting “’Ideal Theory’ as Ideology” 15 Years Later Charles W. Mills  Part 1: Methodological Challenges  1. Ideal and Non-ideal Theory: Some Basic Distinctions Alexandru Volacu  2. Ideal Theory: An Internal Critique Jeffrey Carroll  3. Beyond Strict Compliance? Unpacking the Notion of Nonideal Theory as Partial Compliance Theory Naima Chahboun  4. Realistic Prescription Michael Goodhart  5. The Realism Trap: Are Feminists and Antiracists Really Nonideal Theorists? Serene J. Khader  6. What is Non-Ideal Theory? The Theoretical is Political Hilkje C. Hänel  7. Radical Rational Reconstruction Carol Hay  8. No Justice without Disability Jessica Begon  9. Discursive Resistance in a Non-Ideal World Nikki Ernst and Deborah Mühlebach  10. Non-Ideal Social Ontology and Emancipatory (or Critical) Social Ontology Katharine Jenkins  Part 2: Intersections  11. Non-Ideal Theory and Political Realism Ilaria Cozzaglio and Greta Favara  12. Critical Theory and Non-Ideal Theory Titus Stahl  13. Approaching Global Justice – Ideal and Nonideal Elements in Political Ontology and Political Agency Johanna M. Müller  14. Non-ideal Theory and Global Justice Maeve McKeown  15. Non-ideal Theory and Resistance Candice Delmas  16. Migration and Non-Ideal Theory Alex Sager  17. Ability: The Unexplained Explainer Matthew Koshak and Joel Michael Reynolds  18. Ideal Theory, Literary Theory: Whither Transfeminism Matthew J. Cull  19. Non-ideal Theory and Ignorance Nadja El Kassar  20. Revisiting the Racial Contract: Race, Ignorance, and Non-Ideal Epistemology K. Bailey Thomas  21. Critical Race Structuralism and Non-Ideal Theory Elena Ruíz and Nora Berenstain  Part 3: Applied Issues and Contemporary Challenges  22. Social Justice in Times of Crisis Kok-Chor Tan  23. Social Identity at the Margins: A Decolonial Approach Youjin Kong  24. Non-Ideal Theory and Racial Passing: Anything but Iranian Roksana Alavi  25. Theorizing Non-Ideal Agency Caleb Ward  26. Only Human (in the Age of Social Media) Barrett Emerick and Shannon Dea  27. From Predicaments to Pathophobia: Non-ideal Approaches in Philosophy of Illness Ian James Kidd and Havi Carel  28. “The Health System Wasn’t Built for Us”: Medicine and Non-Normative Bodies Lauren Freeman  29. Epistemic Diversity, Ignorance, and Nonideal Philosophy of Science Quill Kukla  30. Evidence in a Non-Ideal World: How Social Distortion Creates Skeptical Potholes Catharine Saint-Croix  31. Intuitions and Deference in Non-Ideal Philosophy of Language Samia Hesni  32. Non-Ideal Theory and Reparative Justice: The Logic of “Indigenous Rights” Rebecca Tsosie  33. Non-Ideal Theory and Critical Prison Studies Madeleine Kenyon and Andrea J. Pitts  34. Non-ideal Climate Justice Fabian Schuppert.  Index

Über Autor(innen)

Hilkje C. Hänel is assistant professor in political theory at Potsdam University, Germany and PI of the International Research Network on The Relation of Theories of Epistemic Injustice and Recognition Theory, funded by the DFG.

Johanna M. Müller is a research assistant at the Department of Philosophy at the Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany.