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In his new book, Axel Honneth traces the idea of recognition and the diversity of meanings it has taken on since the beginning of modernity in Europe. Referencing three powerful schools of thought – the French, the British and the German – he traces the way it has in each case experienced entirely different philosophical interpretations and sociopolitical expressions due to various sociopolitical challenges.
While in France the term reconnaissance is associated...
In his new book, Axel Honneth traces the idea of recognition and the diversity of meanings it has taken on since the beginning of modernity in Europe. Referencing three powerful schools of thought – the French, the British and the German – he traces the way it has in each case experienced entirely different philosophical interpretations and sociopolitical expressions due to various sociopolitical challenges.
While in France the term reconnaissance is associated with the danger of the individual’s loss of self, in Britain the process of recognition is considered to be the condition for normative self-control; in Germany Anerkennung denotes the total implementation of genuine respect among people as well. It is astonishing that none of these three meanings, whose roots can be traced back to the 17th century, has lost any of its impact in the present. This study explores whether they are currently complementing one another or rather hindering each other, at the same time as it contributes to the clarification of our current political and cultural self-understanding.
»What Honneth manages in elegant arcs is the intellectually historical feat of clearly identifying the national aspects [of the concept of recognition] in order to then arrive at a careful connection of the three traditions of thought.« Die literarische Welt
»Honneth writes in a breezy academic style ... this is how scientific books should be!« Neue Zürcher Zeitung
»In his latest book, Recognition, philosopher Axel Honneth offers an important contribution to the clarification of our political-cultural self-image.« Deutschlandfunk Kultur
»Axel Honneth’s philosophical excavations pursue a good idea. Furthermore, they are learned and informative.« Jörg Später, Süddeutsche Zeitung
»This volume’s easily flowing prose is also profitable for non-philosophers to read.« taz. die tageszeitung
»Honneth’s essay is stimulating and instructive for the understanding of his conception of recognition ... « Soziopolis
»Axel Honneth’s new book Recognition makes an important contribution to the clarification of our political and cultural self-image.« Deutschlandfunk Kultur
»Honneth’s history of ideas presents the reading educator with a stimulating read but also the added value of reassurance for the project of ensuring more recognition in schools – critical towards wrong forms, with sociopolitical intent and knowledge of the reciprocity of the educational process.« GEMEINSAM LERNEN
»What Honneth manages in elegant arcs is the intellectually historical feat of clearly identifying the national aspects [of the concept of recognition] in order to then arrive at a careful connection of the three traditions of thought.« Die literarische Welt
»Honneth writes in a breezy academic style ... this is how scientific books should be!« Neue Zürcher Zeitung
»In his latest book, Recognition, philosopher Axel Honneth offers an important...
Axel Honneth, born in 1949, is Jack C. Weinstein Professor for the Humanities in the Department of Philosophy at Columbia University and the managing director of Frankfurt’s renowned Institute of Social Research.
Axel Honneth, born in 1949, is Jack C. Weinstein Professor for the Humanities in the Department of Philosophy at Columbia University and the...
What role does the organisation of working conditions play in securing the existence of a democratic community? Axel Honneth explores this question in his new comprehensive monograph whose...
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In his new book, Axel Honneth shows what more there is to learn from the philosophical tradition about a reasonable notion of freedom, what is obstructing the implementation of such a freedom and...
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»In this book Axel Honneth re-examines arguments put forward by Hegel and claims that the ›struggle for recognition‹ should be at the centre of social conflicts.«...
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