Genres of Justice: A Conversation with Laurence Ralph

Abstract

LR: I think we must begin with the premise that there is no “normal” to return to. Therefore, how do we imagine the world that we want without compromise? I think that is important because the current moment shows the failure of democracy. It shows the fictions of meritocracy and class privilege in the United States. In the U.S. today, for example, the present moment shows us that there are so many things, including the pandemic, that put one’s life in danger in a very literal sense.