Axel Honneth is a professor of Philosophy at both the University of Frankfurt and Columbia University. He is also the director of the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Nancy Fraser is Loeb Professor of Philosophy and Politics at the New School for Social Research, Einstein Fellow of the city of Berlin, and holder of the "Global Justice" Chair at the College d'etudes mondiales in Paris. Her books include Fortunes of Feminism; Adding Insult to Injury; Scales of Justice; Justice Interruptus; and Unruly Practices.