R Jaeggi
Biographic Data
| ID | 33660 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Jaeggi |
| GIVEN NAMES | R |
| FAMILY NAME | Jaeggi |
| SIGNATURE | JAEGGI R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4713-7031 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Progress and Regression
Despite widespread technological innovation, scientific and medical breakthroughs, and strides toward gender and racial equity, few believe that humanity is on the road of progress. Indeed, many are increasingly skeptical of the very notion of progress, seeing it as the stuff of hollow political speeches. Nevertheless, this impassioned book argues that we are lost without a shared idea of progress. In the tradition of critical theory, Rahel Jaegg…
Sharing the universal resources: Remarks on Honneth's understanding of work
Work is topic often neglected by contemporary philosophy. In academic political philosophy, this is due, among other things, to the dominance of analytic political liberalism and its bracketing of substantive questions regarding the 'good' life. Surprisingly, however, even in critical theory there have been few exceptions to the general shunning of the question of work. That Axel Honneth, in his 2021 Benjamin Lectures, has now brought the subject…
Introduction: Axel Honneth's 'The Working Sovereign
In his 2021 Walter Benjamin Lectures, Axel Honneth questioned the displacement of work from the center of contemporary political theories. This special issue collects an interview with Axel Honneth on central theses of his lectures and a number of commentaries that discuss issues like Honneth's extended definition of work, his inclusion of long neglected care activities in the definition of work, the requirements for non-detrimental, meaningful w…
The Working Sovereign: A conversation with Axel Honneth
In the summer of 2021, Axel Honneth was invited by the Centre for Social Critique Berlin to give the Walter Benjamin Lectures. The lectures have now been published in German under the title Der arbeitende Souverän ( The Working Sovereign). In a conversation with the directors of the Centre for Social Critique, Rahel Jaeggi and Robin Celikates, Axel Honneth explains why he believes a political theory of labor is necessary, how the world of work ha…
Solidarität als zärtliche Bürgerlichkeit. Verstreute Überlegungen mit und zur Gemeinschaft der Ungewählten
Modes of Regression
Ressentiment seems to be one of the key concepts of our time. But what is the use of the concept of ressentiment for understanding and analyzing the rise of antigender, antimigrant, antiegalitarian, antidemocratic, homo- and transphobic, and masculinist as well as anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim sentiments, as they are articulated in populist movements all over the globe in varying constellations and to different degrees? This essay argues that, alt…
Moral Progress
The overall aim of this book is to understand the character of moral progress, so that making moral progress may become more systematic and secure, less chancy and less bloody. Drawing on three historical examples—the abolition of chattel slavery, the expansion of opportunities for women, and the increasing acceptance of same-sex love—it asks how those changes were brought about and seeks a methodology for streamlining the kinds of developments t…
Qu'est-ce qu'une (bonne) institution
Les institutions sont la colonne vertébrale du social, elles sont ce qui lui confère forme et stabilité. Parce qu’elles sont partie intégrante de l’infrastructure du vivre ensemble, la question de leur succès et de leur échec représente l’un des problèmes fondamentaux de la philosophie sociale. Les institutions n’influencent pas seulement une part considérable des conditions dans lesquelles vivent les individus : nous sommes réellement, comme il …
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Chapter 2 “Resistance to the Perpetual Danger of Relapse” Moral Progress and Social Change
Critique of Forms of Life
For liberals, the question “Do others live rightly?” seems to demand a follow-up question: “Who am I to judge?” Peaceful coexistence, in this view, is predicated on restraint from morally evaluating our peers. But Rahel Jaeggi argues that criticizing is not only valid but also useful. Moral judgment is no error—the error lies in how we go about it
Um conceito amplo de economia: Economia como prática social e a crítica ao capitalismo
O presente artigo pretende discutir a possibilidade de compreender a economia como uma prática social relacionada com outras práticas de maneira a resultar em uma forma de vida. Para tanto, será oferecida primariamente uma definição dos conceitos de práticas e de forma de vida, para depois analisar alguns aspectos centrais da economia capitalista (a propriedade privada dos meios de produção, mercado e troca, trabalho e produção) a partir de tais …
Reconhecimento e economia política
Economy as social practice
Keywords: Economypracticesforms of lifepractice theorycritique of capitalismcapitalismsystem vs. lifeworld
Sozialphilosophie: Eine Einführung
In der Reihe C.H.Beck Wissen erscheinen kurze Einführungen in die Disziplinen der Philosophie. Die Bände sind knapp und konzise für ein allgemeines Lesepublikum geschrieben. Neben einer Einführung in die Geschichte der jeweiligen philosophischen Disziplin liegt der Schwerpunkt der Bände auf der systematischen Entfaltung des Themas und dessen Relevanz für die Philosophie der Gegenwart.
A Wide Concept of Economy: Economy as a Social Practice and the Critique of Capitalism
Prominent strands of contemporary critical theory treat the economic formation of capitalist societies as a black box. From this perspective it is not only impossible but also unnecessary to subject capitalism itself to critique. Instead, only its external relations to other social formations—such as democratic political institutions—become the subject of critique. In this chapter, Jaeggi develops a conception of capitalism as a form of life that…
Crisis, Contradiction, and the Task of a Critical Theory
Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft
In der Reihe C.H.Beck Wissen erscheinen kurze Einführungen in die Disziplinen der Philosophie. Die Bände sind knapp und konzise für ein allgemeines Lesepublikum geschrieben. Neben einer Einführung in die Geschichte der jeweiligen philosophischen Disziplin liegt der Schwerpunkt der Bände auf der systematischen Entfaltung des Themas und dessen Relevanz für die Philosophie der Gegenwart
Individuum und Gesellschaft
In der Reihe C.H.Beck Wissen erscheinen kurze Einführungen in die Disziplinen der Philosophie. Die Bände sind knapp und konzise für ein allgemeines Lesepublikum geschrieben. Neben einer Einführung in die Geschichte der jeweiligen philosophischen Disziplin liegt der Schwerpunkt der Bände auf der systematischen Entfaltung des Themas und dessen Relevanz für die Philosophie der Gegenwart
Pathologies of Work
Considering "pathologies of work" in the context of a historico-normative reconstruction of the meaning of work as social cooperation, the paper intends to establish a connection between a number of different problems. These include the continued existence of exploitation and alienation as well as the precariousness of work and long-term unemployment. Borrowing a phrase from Hegel, work is conceived as "sharing, participating or partaking in the …
What (if Anything) Is Wrong with Capitalism? Dysfunctionality, Exploitation and Alienation: Three Approaches to the Critique of Capitalism
What is the problem with capitalism? Is it wrong, unjust, irrational, or bad? Is it evil or dumb—or is it just not working? While critiques of capitalism have become commonplace—particularly since the most recent global economic crisis—it is often unclear what exactly is being condemned. Likewise, the normative presuppositions and criteria of such criticisms have been left unspecified. In this paper, I distinguish between three approaches to the …
Forme di vita e capitalismo
Come dovremmo vivere? Le odierne società capitalistiche permettono effettivamente alle nostre forme di vita di fiorire? O invece, esponendole a condizioni di dominazione e sfruttamento, cooperano ad arrestarne e inibirne i processi di sviluppo? Sono le domande di fondo a cui Rahel Jaeggi cerca di offrire una risposta in questo volume. Di contro alla neutralità etica liberale, viene rilanciato il tema della «vita offesa» e «alienata», caro alla tr…
Progress, Normativity, and the Dynamics of Social Change: An Exchange
Towards an Immanent Critique of Forms of Life
Une critique des formes de vie est-elle possible ? Peut-on dire que des formes de vie sont bonnes, réussies ou même rationnelles ? Tandis que la philosophie a abandonné la question socratique de la vie bonne, la politique des démocraties libérales constitutionnelles se présente comme une manière d’organiser la coexistence en restant neutre quand aux différentes formes de vie. La façon dont nous devons vivre notre vie est reléguée à la sphère priv…
Das umkämpfte Allgemeine und das neue Gemeinsame. Solidarität ohne Identität
No Individual Can Resist: Minima Moralia as Critique of Forms of Life
Towards an Immanent Critique of Forms of Life
Une critique des formes de vie est-elle possible ? Peut-on dire que des formes de vie sont bonnes, réussies ou même rationnelles ? Tandis que la philosophie a abandonné la question socratique de la vie bonne, la politique des démocraties libérales constitutionnelles se présente comme une manière d’organiser la coexistence en restant neutre quand aux différentes formes de vie. La façon dont nous devons vivre notre vie est reléguée à la sphère priv…
Progress, Normativity, and the Dynamics of Social Change: An Exchange
O que há (se de fato há algo) de errado com o capitalismo? Três vias de crítica do capitalismo
Partindo da questão, com base em quais fundamentos o capitalismo pode ser hoje criticado, o texto categoriza os argumentos utilizados na crítica do capitalismo em três vias argumentativas (funcional, moral, ética) e as analisa em suas linhas de raciocínio. Além disso, examinaremos se seus pontos críticos realmente tematizam características específicas de um sistema econômico e social capitalista. Dessa forma, são expostos os pontos fortes e fraco…
The Working Sovereign: A conversation with Axel Honneth
In the summer of 2021, Axel Honneth was invited by the Centre for Social Critique Berlin to give the Walter Benjamin Lectures. The lectures have now been published in German under the title Der arbeitende Souverän ( The Working Sovereign). In a conversation with the directors of the Centre for Social Critique, Rahel Jaeggi and Robin Celikates, Axel Honneth explains why he believes a political theory of labor is necessary, how the world of work ha…
Reconhecimento e subjugação: Da Relação Entre Teorias Positivas E Negativas Da Intersubjetividade
O texto se ocupa da relação entre reconhecimento e subjugação, das teorias negativas e positivas do reconhecimento. Ponto de partida comum dessas teorias é a percepção do caráter relacional de nossa identidade e a interpretação desta relação e dependência como um acontecimento constitutivo e produtivo. Em minha estratégia argumentativa, procederei de modo "interno": tomarei a sério a circunstância de que, nos dois casos, tratem-se de teorias da i…
Pathologies of Work
Considering "pathologies of work" in the context of a historico-normative reconstruction of the meaning of work as social cooperation, the paper intends to establish a connection between a number of different problems. These include the continued existence of exploitation and alienation as well as the precariousness of work and long-term unemployment. Borrowing a phrase from Hegel, work is conceived as "sharing, participating or partaking in the …
Das Ende der Besserwisser
Repensando a ideologia
The text supports the possibility of revitalization of criticism of ideology as a form of social criticism, thus opens a new theoretical-practical field. Therefore it updates the concept of ideology and develops a redefinition of criticism of ideology that should be compatible with the contemporary requirements and problems. First of all the author explains what makes the specific character of criticism of ideology; then she treats two paradoxes …
Das umkämpfte Allgemeine und das neue Gemeinsame. Solidarität ohne Identität
The Market's Price
Book reviewed in this article: Elizabeth Anderson, Value in Ethics and Economics Margaret Jane Radin, Contested Commodities
The Market's Price
Book reviewed in this article: Elizabeth Anderson, Value in Ethics and Economics Margaret Jane Radin, Contested Commodities
No Individual Can Resist: Minima Moralia as Critique of Forms of Life
Repensando a ideologia
The text supports the possibility of revitalization of criticism of ideology as a form of social criticism, thus opens a new theoretical-practical field. Therefore it updates the concept of ideology and develops a redefinition of criticism of ideology that should be compatible with the contemporary requirements and problems. First of all the author explains what makes the specific character of criticism of ideology; then she treats two paradoxes …
Rethinking Ideology
In this chapter, I try to make a case for the revitalization of the critique of ideology as a form of social critique. Although this concept cannot be solely attributed to Marxism, it did reach a certain "maturity"1 in Marx's writings, and it has been embraced by the various traditions of "Western Marxism" up until contemporary Critical Theory. Today, the conjectural tide has turned against it. Does this mean, however, that there are no more ideo…
Reconhecimento e subjugação: Da Relação Entre Teorias Positivas E Negativas Da Intersubjetividade
O texto se ocupa da relação entre reconhecimento e subjugação, das teorias negativas e positivas do reconhecimento. Ponto de partida comum dessas teorias é a percepção do caráter relacional de nossa identidade e a interpretação desta relação e dependência como um acontecimento constitutivo e produtivo. Em minha estratégia argumentativa, procederei de modo "interno": tomarei a sério a circunstância de que, nos dois casos, tratem-se de teorias da i…
Alienation
This book reconceives alienation as the absence of a meaningful relationship to oneself and others, something that manifests itself in feelings of helplessness and the despondent acceptance of ossified social roles and expectations. It draws on the Hegelian philosophical tradition, phenomenological analyses grounded in modern conceptions of agency and recent work in the analytical tradition. It notes that the Hegelian–Marxist idea of alienation f…
Towards an Immanent Critique of Forms of Life
Une critique des formes de vie est-elle possible ? Peut-on dire que des formes de vie sont bonnes, réussies ou même rationnelles ? Tandis que la philosophie a abandonné la question socratique de la vie bonne, la politique des démocraties libérales constitutionnelles se présente comme une manière d’organiser la coexistence en restant neutre quand aux différentes formes de vie. La façon dont nous devons vivre notre vie est reléguée à la sphère priv…
Das umkämpfte Allgemeine und das neue Gemeinsame. Solidarität ohne Identität
Das Ende der Besserwisser
O que há (se de fato há algo) de errado com o capitalismo? Três vias de crítica do capitalismo
Partindo da questão, com base em quais fundamentos o capitalismo pode ser hoje criticado, o texto categoriza os argumentos utilizados na crítica do capitalismo em três vias argumentativas (funcional, moral, ética) e as analisa em suas linhas de raciocínio. Além disso, examinaremos se seus pontos críticos realmente tematizam características específicas de um sistema econômico e social capitalista. Dessa forma, são expostos os pontos fortes e fraco…
What (if Anything) Is Wrong with Capitalism? Dysfunctionality, Exploitation and Alienation: Three Approaches to the Critique of Capitalism
What is the problem with capitalism? Is it wrong, unjust, irrational, or bad? Is it evil or dumb—or is it just not working? While critiques of capitalism have become commonplace—particularly since the most recent global economic crisis—it is often unclear what exactly is being condemned. Likewise, the normative presuppositions and criteria of such criticisms have been left unspecified. In this paper, I distinguish between three approaches to the …
Forme di vita e capitalismo
Come dovremmo vivere? Le odierne società capitalistiche permettono effettivamente alle nostre forme di vita di fiorire? O invece, esponendole a condizioni di dominazione e sfruttamento, cooperano ad arrestarne e inibirne i processi di sviluppo? Sono le domande di fondo a cui Rahel Jaeggi cerca di offrire una risposta in questo volume. Di contro alla neutralità etica liberale, viene rilanciato il tema della «vita offesa» e «alienata», caro alla tr…
Progress, Normativity, and the Dynamics of Social Change: An Exchange
Sozialphilosophie: Eine Einführung
In der Reihe C.H.Beck Wissen erscheinen kurze Einführungen in die Disziplinen der Philosophie. Die Bände sind knapp und konzise für ein allgemeines Lesepublikum geschrieben. Neben einer Einführung in die Geschichte der jeweiligen philosophischen Disziplin liegt der Schwerpunkt der Bände auf der systematischen Entfaltung des Themas und dessen Relevanz für die Philosophie der Gegenwart.
A Wide Concept of Economy: Economy as a Social Practice and the Critique of Capitalism
Prominent strands of contemporary critical theory treat the economic formation of capitalist societies as a black box. From this perspective it is not only impossible but also unnecessary to subject capitalism itself to critique. Instead, only its external relations to other social formations—such as democratic political institutions—become the subject of critique. In this chapter, Jaeggi develops a conception of capitalism as a form of life that…
Crisis, Contradiction, and the Task of a Critical Theory
Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft
In der Reihe C.H.Beck Wissen erscheinen kurze Einführungen in die Disziplinen der Philosophie. Die Bände sind knapp und konzise für ein allgemeines Lesepublikum geschrieben. Neben einer Einführung in die Geschichte der jeweiligen philosophischen Disziplin liegt der Schwerpunkt der Bände auf der systematischen Entfaltung des Themas und dessen Relevanz für die Philosophie der Gegenwart
Individuum und Gesellschaft
In der Reihe C.H.Beck Wissen erscheinen kurze Einführungen in die Disziplinen der Philosophie. Die Bände sind knapp und konzise für ein allgemeines Lesepublikum geschrieben. Neben einer Einführung in die Geschichte der jeweiligen philosophischen Disziplin liegt der Schwerpunkt der Bände auf der systematischen Entfaltung des Themas und dessen Relevanz für die Philosophie der Gegenwart
Pathologies of Work
Considering "pathologies of work" in the context of a historico-normative reconstruction of the meaning of work as social cooperation, the paper intends to establish a connection between a number of different problems. These include the continued existence of exploitation and alienation as well as the precariousness of work and long-term unemployment. Borrowing a phrase from Hegel, work is conceived as "sharing, participating or partaking in the …
Chapter 2 “Resistance to the Perpetual Danger of Relapse” Moral Progress and Social Change
Critique of Forms of Life
For liberals, the question “Do others live rightly?” seems to demand a follow-up question: “Who am I to judge?” Peaceful coexistence, in this view, is predicated on restraint from morally evaluating our peers. But Rahel Jaeggi argues that criticizing is not only valid but also useful. Moral judgment is no error—the error lies in how we go about it
Um conceito amplo de economia: Economia como prática social e a crítica ao capitalismo
O presente artigo pretende discutir a possibilidade de compreender a economia como uma prática social relacionada com outras práticas de maneira a resultar em uma forma de vida. Para tanto, será oferecida primariamente uma definição dos conceitos de práticas e de forma de vida, para depois analisar alguns aspectos centrais da economia capitalista (a propriedade privada dos meios de produção, mercado e troca, trabalho e produção) a partir de tais …
Reconhecimento e economia política
Economy as social practice
Keywords: Economypracticesforms of lifepractice theorycritique of capitalismcapitalismsystem vs. lifeworld
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