Introduction Hilkje C. Hänel and Johanna M. Müller Revisiting “’Ideal Theory’ as Ideology” 15 Years Later Charles W. Mills
Part1: Methodological Challenges
1. Ideal and Non-ideal Theory: Some Basic Distinctions Alexandru Volacu 2. Ideal Theory: An Internal Critique Jeffrey Carroll 3. Beyond Strict Compliance? Unpacking the Notion of Nonideal Theory as Partial Compliance Theory Naima Chahboun 4. Realistic Prescription Michael Goodhart 5. The Realism Trap: Are Feminists and Antiracists Really Nonideal Theorists? Serene J. Khader 6. What is Non-Ideal Theory? The Theoretical is Political Hilkje C. Hänel 7. Radical Rational Reconstruction Carol Hay 8. No Justice without Disability Jessica Begon 9. Discursive Resistance in a Non-Ideal World Nikki Ernst and Deborah Mühlebach 10. Non-Ideal Social Ontology and Emancipatory (or Critical) Social Ontology Katharine Jenkins
Part2: Intersections
11. Non-Ideal Theory and Political Realism Ilaria Cozzaglio and Greta Favara 12. Critical Theory and Non-Ideal Theory Titus Stahl 13. Approaching Global Justice – Ideal and Nonideal Elements in Political Ontology and Political Agency Johanna M. Müller 14. Non-ideal Theory and Global Justice Maeve McKeown 15. Non-ideal Theory and Resistance Candice Delmas 16. Migration and Non-Ideal Theory Alex Sager 17. Ability: The Unexplained Explainer Matthew Koshak and Joel Michael Reynolds 18. Ideal Theory, Literary Theory: Whither Transfeminism Matthew J. Cull 19. Non-ideal Theory and Ignorance Nadja El Kassar 20. Revisiting the Racial Contract: Race, Ignorance, and Non-Ideal Epistemology K. Bailey Thomas 21. Critical Race Structuralism and Non-Ideal Theory Elena Ruíz and Nora Berenstain
Part3:
22. Social Justice in Times of Crisis Kok-Chor Tan 23. Social Identity at the Margins: A Decolonial Approach Youjin Kong 24. Non-Ideal Theory and Racial Passing: Anything but Iranian Roksana Alavi 25. Theorizing Non-Ideal Agency Caleb Ward 26. Only Human (in the Age of Social Media) Barrett Emerick and Shannon Dea 27. From Predicaments to Pathophobia: Non-ideal Approaches in Philosophy of Illness Ian James Kidd and Havi Carel 28. “The Health System Wasn’t Built for Us”: Medicine and Non-Normative Bodies Lauren Freeman 29. Epistemic Diversity, Ignorance, and Nonideal Philosophy of Science Quill Kukla 30. Evidence in a Non-Ideal World: How Social Distortion Creates Skeptical Potholes Catharine Saint-Croix 31. Intuitions and Deference in Non-Ideal Philosophy of Language Samia Hesni 32. Non-Ideal Theory and Reparative Justice: The Logic of “Indigenous Rights” Rebecca Tsosie 33. Non-Ideal Theory and Critical Prison Studies Madeleine Kenyon and Andrea J. Pitts 34. Non-ideal Climate Justice Fabian Schuppert. Index