Structural injustice and alienation: a reply to my critics |
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Authors: | Catherine Lu |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Political Science, McGill University , Montreal, Canada catherine.lu@mcgill.cahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5558-497X |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACT This author’s reply addresses critiques by Reinhard Wolf, Alasia Nuti, and Kimberly Hutchings of my 2017 book, Justice and Reconciliation in World Politics. First, I restate the normative and practical significance of focusing on challenges of structural injustice for resolving many serious and pressing problems in world politics, including climate change. Second, I begin to resolve some puzzles about the concept of alienation and its relationship to justice and reconciliation, by outlining two concepts of alienation, and distinguishing them from alienation as a cognitive-affective experience. Third, I clarify the limits and potential of decolonial political theory. |
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Keywords: | Structural injustice alienation freedom reconciliation agency colonialism settler colonialism decolonization |
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