Senior Loeb Scholar Lecture: Against the Environmentalism of the Rich
Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Livestream and Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 42 Quincy St., Cambridge
Join the Graduate School of Design for their Senior Loeb Scholar Lecture featuring Nancy Fraser.
Nancy Fraser is the Henry and Louise A. Loeb Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Politics at the New School for Social Research, and a member of the Editorial Committee of New Left Review. Trained as a philosopher, she specializes in critical social theory and political philosophy. She is the author of Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System Is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It (Verso, 2022), Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto (Verso, 2019), The Old is Dying (Verso, 2019), and Capitalism: A Conversation in Critical Theory (Polity Press, 2018).
Fraser’s work has been translated into more than twenty languages. She is the recipient of six honorary degrees, the Alfred Schutz Prize for Social Philosophy, the Nessim Habif World Prize, and the Nonino Prize 2022 “Master of our Time,” and is a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor, a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a past President of the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division.
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Nancy Fraser is the Henry and Louise A. Loeb Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Politics at the New School for Social Research, and a member of the Editorial Committee of New Left Review. Trained as a philosopher, she specializes in critical social theory and political philosophy. She is the author of Cannibal Capitalism: How Our System Is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It (Verso, 2022), Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto (Verso, 2019), The Old is Dying (Verso, 2019), and Capitalism: A Conversation in Critical Theory (Polity Press, 2018).
Fraser’s work has been translated into more than twenty languages. She is the recipient of six honorary degrees, the Alfred Schutz Prize for Social Philosophy, the Nessim Habif World Prize, and the Nonino Prize 2022 “Master of our Time,” and is a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor, a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a past President of the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division.
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