"Recognition" has become a veritable keyword of our time, but its relation to economic "redistribution" remains untheorized. This volume remedies the lacuna by staging a debate between two philosophers, one North American, the other European, who hold different views of the matter. Highly attuned to contemporary politics, the exchange between Nancy Fraser and Axel Honneth constitutes a rigorous dialogue on moral philosophy, social theory, and the best way to conceptualize capitalist society.

Nancy Fraser is Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Philosophy and Politics and at the Graduate Faculty of the New School in New York. Her previous books include Unruly Practices, Justice Interruptus, and Feminist Contentions.

Axel Honneth is Professor of Philosophy at the Johan-Wolfgang-Goethe University in Frankfurt. He is the author of, amongst other books, The Critique of Power and The Struggle for Recognition.