In the epicenter of politics

Axel Honneth's development of the Frankfurt School's Critical Social Theory has increased the amount of attention that is paid to the dimension of political praxis by emphasizing the social struggle for recognition. Nevertheless, the political-sociological axis of this tradition remains relatively unexplored and unclear. Taking this as a starting point, I investigate the contribution that the pragmatic sociology of Luc Boltanski and Laurent Thévenot could make to the fortification of this political dimension. I do this by tracing a line of argument through several of Boltanski's studies in the direction of a political-sociological axis. I show that this aspect of Boltanski's sociology can be understood as a very fruitful analysis of processes of political articulation that may help Critical Theory overcome a political deficiency

Critical theory · Epistemology · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Praxis · Social science · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics

• Reflexividad, identidad y reconocimiento en la sociología crítica contemporánea

  Open Access•Nicolás Angelcos, Nicolás Angelcos Gutiérrez et al.•Andamios•2021

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• The limits of recognition

  Open Access•Marijn Knieriem•Inquiry•2024

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• The ‘laughing chorus’ of ordinary actors

  Open Access•Rin Ushiyama•Journal of Political Power•2025

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• Going public? Re‐thinking visibility, ethics and recognition through participatory research praxis

  Open Access•Luke Dickens, Melissa Butcher•Transactions of the Institute of…•2016

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• Interés, reconocimiento y victimismo en las luchas sociales. Una observación crítica a la teoría de Axel Honneth

  Open Access•Sergio R Clavero, Sergio R Clavero García•Revista Mexicana de Ciencias…•2023

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• Recognising Children’s Citizenship in the Social Care System

  Open Access•Tom Cockburn, D Devine•The British Journal of Social Work•2020

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• Emancipatory struggles and their political organisation

  Open Access•Felix Butzlaff•European Journal of Social Theory•2022

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• Anti-equivalence

  Open Access•W Davies•European Journal of Social Theory•2021

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• The struggle for recognition

  Axel Honneth•The struggle for recognition•1995

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• The making of a class

  Luc Boltanski•The making of a class•1987

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• How To Do Things With Words

  J L Austin, John Austin•How to do things with words•1975

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• Distant Suffering

  Open Access•Luc Boltanski, Graham Burchell et al.•Distant suffering•1999

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• L’action au pluriel

  Laurent Thévenot•L' action au pluriel•2006

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• Reassembling the Social

  Bruno Latour•REASSEMBLING THE SOCIAL: AN…•2005

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• Archaeology of Knowledge

  Michel Foucault•Archaeology of Knowledge•2013

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• The Sociological Imagination

  C W Mills•The Mississippi Valley Historical…•1959

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• Spheres of Justice

  Michael Walzer•Spheres of Justice•1984

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• Politicizing Honneth's Ethics of Recognition

  Open Access•J P Deranty, Jean-Philippe Deranty et al.•Thesis Eleven•2007

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• La dénonciation

  Luc Boltanski, Yann Darré et al.•Actes de la recherche en sciences…•1984

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• Security, Territory, Population

  Ben Golder, Philosophy Documentation Center•Radical Philosophy Review•2007

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• L'Amour et la Justice comme compétences

  Luc Boltanski•L' amour et la justice comme…•1990

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• The Fragmented World of Symbolic Forms

  Open Access•A Honneth•Theory Culture & Society•1986

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