From justification to vindication: Lindahl and asymmetrical recognition

This commentary addresses Lindahl’s discussion of asymmetrical recognition and his critique of legal universalism. I highlight some salient links between Lindahl’s work and that of James Tully and Jacques Rancière, before drawing attention to two different ways in which he appeals to the concept ‘unjustified’ and proposing that his analysis needs to deploy a distinction be- tween justification and vindication as modes of normativity