Politicizing Honneth's Ethics of Recognition

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ID4481008
AuthorsJ P Deranty (0000-0003-3860-4371, Ecole Normale Supérieure Lyon, France,), Jean-Philippe Deranty (Ecole Normale Supérieure Lyon, France), Emmanuel Renault (0000-0002-9839-2318, Macquarie University, Sydney,)
Year2007
Volume88
Issue1
Pages92-111
Publication date2007-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThesis Eleven (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0725513607072459
OpenAlexW2004977451
LanguageEN
Citations received42
References cited23

This article argues that Axel Honneth's ethics of recognition offers a robust model for a renewed critical theory of society, provided that it does not shy away from its political dimensions. First, the ethics of recognition needs to clarify its political moment at the conceptual level to remain conceptually sustainable. This requires a clarification of the notion of identity in relation to the three spheres of recognition, and a clarification of its exact place in a politics of recognition. We suggest that a return to Hegel's mature theory of subjectivity helps specify the relationship between the normative demand for autonomous identity and its realization in and through politics

Aesthetics · Critical theory · Epistemology · Hegelianism · Normative · Political philosophy · Political science · Political subjectivity · Politics · Sociology · Subjectivity · Computer Science · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics

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