Institutional Divisions of"Foregrounds"and"Backgrounds":On Nancy Fraser's Structural Interpretation of the Crisis of Capitalism
Based on a general analysis of the relationships between the"economic foregrounds"and the"non-economic backgrounds"of capitalism,Nancy Fraser excavates the structural quadruple divisions of production and reproduction,human and nature,economy and politics,exploitation and expropriation in capitalist society.These divisions inherently form an institutionalized social order and constitutes the sources of its inherent crisis.Meanwhile,the institutional divisions of"foregrounds"and"backgrounds"are not accidental or given,but have been historically generated along with changes of capitalism's regimes of accumulation,which makes it more difficult to define the boundaries between the economic and the non-economic conditions.Thus,the defense or challenge of boundaries constitutes the main content of contemporary social struggles.For this reason,Fraser uses the concept of"boundary struggles"to propose normative criteria for border demarcation,on the basis of which she imagines the future of socialism in the 21st century.Fraser's way to criticizecapitalism,which takes into account class and status,redistribution and recognition,culture and political economy,is a revival of the grand narratives of traditional critical theory.
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