
Justice Is an Option
Robert Meister
(Author)Description
Justice Is an Option uses those problems-and the framework of finance that created them-to reimagine historical justice. Robert Meister returns to the spirit of Marx to diagnose our current age of finance. Instead of closing our eyes to the political and economic realities of our era, we need to grapple with them head-on. Meister does just that, asking whether the very tools of finance that have created our vastly unequal world could instead be made to serve justice and equality. Meister here formulates nothing less than a democratic financial theory for the twenty-first century-one that is equally conversant in political philosophy, Marxism, and contemporary politics. Justice Is an Option is a radical, invigorating first page of a new-and sorely needed-leftist playbook.
Product Details
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Publish Date | April 27, 2021 |
Pages | 304 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9780226734484 |
Dimensions | 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.6 inches | 0.9 pounds |
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Reviews
"In Justice Is an Option, Meister engages in a brilliant analysis of contemporary financial markets and devices, and provides a further development of his theory of 'historical justice.' The result is an impressive and compelling book that makes a powerful contribution both to political theory and to the critical analysis of contemporary capitalism. It will unquestionably be of interest to scholars of finance and political theory, and it is sure to spur lively debates within activist circles and beyond the academic world."-- "Sandro Mezzadra, University of Bologna"
"This book is an amazing piece of theory and critique--highly original, comprehensively knowledgeable, and politically powerful. Meister's latest work is exciting, to say the least, and it promises to lead to important breakthroughs in the current discussion about alternatives to capitalism."-- "Étienne Balibar, Columbia University"
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