On Sources of Structural Injustice: A Feminist Reading of the Theory of Iris M. Young

• Authors: Zuzana Uhde
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The author focuses on a critical theory of justice and democracy by Iris Marion Young. Young's normative approach to justice and the institutional framework of inclusive democracy develops out of her critique of injustice. In the first section the author explains Young's approach to structural injustice, which she conceptualizes in terms of domination and oppression. In the second part the author elucidates Young's concept of the politics of difference and inclusive democracy. In this context Young differentiates between social and cultural groups; this enables her to take into consideration the political significance of group differences. The author goes on to present Young's critical theory of gender based on the notion of women as a social structural group. Young argues that gender refers to social structures that shape relations of subordination and oppression rather than to identity. In the final part the author discusses the application of Young's concept of structural injustice at a transnational level. Finally, she concludes with an outline for a feminist reading of the concept of structural injustice in a transnational context.

Keywords

EN

Iris M. Young; critical theory of justice; oppression; domination; feminism; transnational context

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human Affairs
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 151-166

Dates

published

2010-06-01

online

2010-06-24

Contributors

author

Zuzana Uhde

• Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Jilská 1, 110 00 Prague, Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10023-010-0016-x