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Global Justice and Recognition Theory: Dignifying the World’s Poor (2023)
Book
Mookherjee, M. Global Justice and Recognition Theory: Dignifying the World’s Poor. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003045038

In the light of intense international focus on ongoing forms of world poverty, this book examines the potential of the concept of recognition in contemporary political philosophy to respond morally to this dire condition.

This book uses recognitio... Read More about Global Justice and Recognition Theory: Dignifying the World’s Poor.

On Axel Honneth's Cosmopolitanism: The 'Forgetting' of Global Poverty as a Form of Reification (2020)
Journal Article
Mookherjee. (2020). On Axel Honneth's Cosmopolitanism: The 'Forgetting' of Global Poverty as a Form of Reification. Social Theory and Practice, 46(4), https://doi.org/10.5840/soctheorpract20201029105

Amid now extensive debates about cosmopolitanism in political theory, this article explores the implications of Axel Honneth’s recognition theory for issues in international justice, not least the dire situation of poverty in the world. In contrast w... Read More about On Axel Honneth's Cosmopolitanism: The 'Forgetting' of Global Poverty as a Form of Reification.

Liberalism in Practice: The Psychology and Pedagogy of Public Reason. By Olivia Newman. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2015. 216p. $37.00 cloth. (2018)
Journal Article
Mookherjee, M. (2018). Liberalism in Practice: The Psychology and Pedagogy of Public Reason. By Olivia Newman. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2015. 216p. $37.00 cloth. Perspectives on Politics, 16(1), 214-215. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1537592717003589

Multicultural and Postcolonial Feminisms (2017)
Book Chapter
Mookherjee, M. (2017). Multicultural and Postcolonial Feminisms. In The Routledge Companion to Feminist Philosophy (595-606). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315758152-48

The growth of writings on multiculturalism and postcolonialism over the past decades has produced new approaches to feminist philosophy associated with the "third wave". The term "multiculturalism" is deeply contested, and bears different sociologica... Read More about Multicultural and Postcolonial Feminisms.

Restoring Human Capacity: Reconciliation and Liberal Multiculturalism (2016)
Book Chapter
Mookherjee. (2016). Restoring Human Capacity: Reconciliation and Liberal Multiculturalism. In Theorizing Transitional Justice (137 - 137). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315551180-18

The twin goals of transitional justice social cohesion and durable peace are broad social goals, not limited to systems of justice. In his recent book Gahima, who was Rwandas Attorney General from 19992003, nevertheless argues that Rwandas intensive... Read More about Restoring Human Capacity: Reconciliation and Liberal Multiculturalism.

Healing Multiculturalism: Middle-Ground Liberal Forgiveness in a Diverse Public Realm (2016)
Journal Article
Mookherjee. (2016). Healing Multiculturalism: Middle-Ground Liberal Forgiveness in a Diverse Public Realm. Philosophia, 44, 1057-1078. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-016-9758-z

This article examines debates about political forgiveness in liberal, pluralist societies. Although the concept of forgiveness is not usually taken up by liberals, I outline a plausible conception by exploring two recent approaches. The first, ‘unatt... Read More about Healing Multiculturalism: Middle-Ground Liberal Forgiveness in a Diverse Public Realm.

‘Ambiguity, Existence, Cosmopolitanism: Simone de Beauvoir and a Global Theory of Feminist Recognition’ (2016)
Book Chapter
Mookherjee. (2016). ‘Ambiguity, Existence, Cosmopolitanism: Simone de Beauvoir and a Global Theory of Feminist Recognition’. In Recognition and Global Politics: Critical encounters between state and world. https://doi.org/10.7228/manchester/9781784993337.003.0003

This chapter critically assesses the ability of Nancy Fraser’s status model of recognition to foster an international, or ‘cosmopolitan’, feminist theory of recognition. Fraser’s tripartite account of recognition, redistribution and political represe... Read More about ‘Ambiguity, Existence, Cosmopolitanism: Simone de Beauvoir and a Global Theory of Feminist Recognition’.

Imagining new dialogues about human rights: The implications of Charles Taylor’s theory of recognition for global feminism (2014)
Journal Article
Mookherjee, M. (2014). Imagining new dialogues about human rights: The implications of Charles Taylor’s theory of recognition for global feminism. Journal of International Political Theory, 10(2), 127-147. https://doi.org/10.1177/1755088214522740

This article explores the implications of Charles Taylor’s politics of recognition for a global feminist theory. The main contention is that Taylor’s thought implies an innovative dialogue about human rights that assists a flexible understanding of d... Read More about Imagining new dialogues about human rights: The implications of Charles Taylor’s theory of recognition for global feminism.