Justice theory expanded because real movements first broadened justice’s meaning

Evidence

Theorists, who have attempted to expand the understanding of justice beyond the distributive realm, have all been influenced by the way social movements later in the twentieth century moved beyond a sole focus on material and distributional concerns. In many ways, the discussions of theorists, such as Fraser, Honneth, Taylor, and Young on recognition and Sen and Nussbaum on capabilities, were spawned as reflections on a variety of social movements—civil rights, women’s, multicultural, gay and lesbian, sustainable development, anti-neoliberal, and many more. In other words, it has been, in part, the expansion of the understanding of justice in movements that has had a real impact on the understanding of the term in theory. With this in mind, I turned to movements for environmental justice to examine how movements themselves articulate these concepts and issues. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 174

Categorization

• SEED: Article angle: justice theory is downstream of movement practice, not the reverse — the direction of influence runs from protest to philosophy.
• recurring: this claim recurs 3 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: Movement definitions of justice often extend past distributive accounts — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 10; Recognition justice theory was built from real-world movements, not abstract reasoning — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 165; Justice theory extends beyond distribution to recognition, capability, and participation — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 33 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• The environmental justice movement’s founding principles integrated justice dimensions from its earliest moments. #exemplifies (0.90) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 265
• Social movements generate theory rather than merely applying it #corroborates (0.88)
• Justice theory extends beyond distribution to recognition, capability, and participation #expands (0.85) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 33
• The 1960s protest movements demonstrated a distinct praxis rationalization worth strengthening #corroborates (0.80) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2714
• Justice theory must extend capabilities to groups, not just individuals #expands (0.78) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 160