Towards Justice

Marek Hrubec (Ph.D., Charles University, 2001), is a Senior Research Fellow at the Czech Academy of Sciences and the Global Studies Association of North America. He has authored and edited many texts, including Africa in a Multilateral World (co-ed. Routledge, 2022).

"Marek Hrubec has long been a top international thinker on global interactions and social justice. His new book deserves close attention by all those concerned with contemporary world tensions and alternatives to hegemony and authoritarianism."- Jerry Harris, National Secretary, Global Studies Association of North America, Chicago"Marek Hrubec has given us a theoretical and historical tour de force on critical social theory in relation to the epochal events of the past half a century and the struggle for global social justice. Coming at a time of great suffering worldwide in the face of acute crisis in the world capitalist system, his theoretical and analytical formulations on global social justice will be of great importance for those seeking to make sense of the world-historic conjuncture we face at the quarter-century mark as well as for activists from the diverse social movements, both South and North, struggling for a better world."- William I. Robinson, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of California at Santa Barbara"In this book, Marek Hrubec gives Critical Theory a global perspective. He accurately analyzes the unsustainability of imposed conservative liberalism and counters it with global justice and democratic socialism that takes the Global South seriously."- Emil Sobottka, Professor, PUCRS University, Porto Alegre, Brazil"This impressive book draws on the very important issue of global social justice, related to the historical events of the 20th century and the major international conflicts of this century. Marek Hrubec analyses the issue of global justice dealing with a perspective of critical theory and further formulates an alternative theory of global social justice for anticipating the future. This book is full of insightful thinking and is worth reading and necessary reading."- Wei Xiaoping, Distinguished Professor, Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing"In a context of structural, and arguably civilizational crisis, understanding the complexity of the global civilization and the nature of its multiple components is a pre-requisite for meaningful action. Marek Hrubec´s work offers an explanatory framework and a set of tools that allow for a critical examination of that reality and a deeper appreciation of imbalances, injustices and power dynamics. This book is a must-read."- Ernesto Domínguez López, University of Havana, Cuba, and Visiting Professor, Stanford University, USA"Marek Hrubec’s monumental work represents a profound insight into the problems of social criticism. The theory of global social justice is important precisely so that a kind of global consensus can emerge, and sharp international conflicts do not have to be resolved by wars. Hrubec generalizes the experience of his global research, not only in Western countries but also in Latin America, Africa, and China."- Ladislav Hohoš, Emeritus, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

• AcknowledgementsList of TablesAbout Towards JusticeIntroductionPart 1Founding a Critical Theory1 Social Critique1 Internal Social Criticism2 The Trichotomy of Critique, Explanation, and Normativity3 External Social Criticism2 Critical Methods1 Transdisciplinary Approaches2 The Realism of Societal Development3 Structures, Actors, and Processes in HistoryPart 2Development of Critical Theory3 The Programme of Critical Theory1 Horkheimer’s Foundations2 Marcuse’s Foundations3 Adorno and Horkheimer’s Redefinition4 Critical Paradigms1 Work and Eros2 Communication and Recognition3 Global InteractionsPart 3Limits of Liberal Liberty5 Deficits of National Liberty1 Inadequacies of Public Reason2 Problems of Individualism and Instrumental Reason3 Shortcomings of Redistribution4 Marginalisation of Redistribution and the Problem of Ownership6 Deficits of International Liberty1 An Inadequate Relationship between an Individual and Community2 Comparison of the Principles of Justice2.1 Principles of International Justice in a Theory of Justice2.2 Principles of International Justice in the Law of Peoples2.3 Principles Which Regulate Relations between Individuals within the National Framework in a Theory of Justice3 Shortcomings of International Redistribution4 Unsustainability of Liberal International OrderPart 4Experience of Recognition7 Dilemmas of Local Recognition1 The Crystallisation of Recognition2 From the Private Sphere to the Public Sphere3 Political Public Sphere4 Recognition of Equality and Difference8 Dilemmas of Transnational Recognition1 Interstate Recognition2 Transcending Interstate Recognition3 Transnational Recognition4 Macro-regional InteractionsPart 5Global Perspectives of Justice9 Intercultural Polylogue: Cultural and Political Justice1 Intercultural and Civilizational Polylogue2 Dispute on the Universalism of Human Rights3 Plurality of Cultures and Civilizations4 Common Norms for Humanity10 Extraterritorial, Strategic, and Global Interactions: Social, Economic, and Security Justice1 An Identification of the Misrecognized Subjects2 Extraterritorial Recognition: Regulation of the Economy3 Transformative Revolution and Strategic Structures4 Overcoming Global ConflictsConclusion: The Principles of a Theory of Global Social Justice1 Social and Economic Justice2 Political and Cultural JusticeReferencesIndex