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From nineteenth-century abolitionism to Black Lives Matter today, progressive social movements have been at the forefront of social change. Yet it is seldom recognized that such movements have not only engaged in political action but also posed crucial philosophical questions about the meaning of justice and about how the demands of justice can be met. Michele Moody-Adams argues that anyone who is concerned with the theory or the practice of justice--or both--must ask what can be learned from social movements. Drawing on a range of compelling examples, she explores what they have shown about the nature of justice as well as what it takes to create space for justice in the world. Moody-Adams considers progressive social movements as wellsprings of moral inquiry and as agents of social change, drawing out key philosophical and practical principles. Social justice demands humane regard for others, combining compassionate concern and robust respect. Successful movements have drawn on the transformative power of imagination, strengthening the motivation to pursue justice and to create the political institutions and social policies that can sustain it by inspiring political hope. Making Space for Justice contends that the insights arising from social movements are critical to bridging the gap between discerning theory and effective practice.

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"Making Space for Justice finds practical and theoretical insight in progressive social movements. This groundbreaking book shows that they apply constructive imagination with 'humane regard, ' joining 'compassionate concern' with 'robust respect.' -- ""David Lyons, author of The Color Line"" Making Space for Justice is a remarkably illuminating work on the indispensability of social movement activity for understanding and achieving justice...This is a truly exceptional book from a leading thinker on the meaning of moral progress. -- ""Tommie Shelby, author of Dark Ghettos"" Making Space for Justice is a timely work given our current political dangers...This work manifests on every page the virtues and normative orientations for which Moody-Adams is arguing―hope, civic grace, an inclusive imagination, compassionate concern, and respect for all...It is a powerful contribution to the pragmatist tradition in philosophy. -- ""Elizabeth Anderson, author of Private Government"""

Making Space for Justice finds practical and theoretical insight in progressive social movements. This groundbreaking book shows that they apply constructive imagination with 'humane regard, ' joining 'compassionate concern' with 'robust respect.' -- David Lyons, author of The Color Line Making Space for Justice is a remarkably illuminating work on the indispensability of social movement activity for understanding and achieving justice...This is a truly exceptional book from a leading thinker on the meaning of moral progress. -- Tommie Shelby, author of Dark Ghettos Making Space for Justice is a timely work given our current political dangers...This work manifests on every page the virtues and normative orientations for which Moody-Adams is arguing hope, civic grace, an inclusive imagination, compassionate concern, and respect for all...It is a powerful contribution to the pragmatist tradition in philosophy. -- Elizabeth Anderson, author of Private Government

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Michele Moody-Adams is Joseph Straus Professor of Political Philosophy and Legal Theory at Columbia University. She is the author of Fieldwork in Familiar Places: Morality, Culture, and Philosophy. Moody-Adams is a lifetime honorary fellow of Somerville College, Oxford, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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