Recognition, disrecognition and legitimacy
On the normativity of politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4482162 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luiz Gustavo Da Cunha De Souza (0000-0002-1323-8347, Institut für Sozialforschung, Germany, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 134 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 13-27 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Thesis Eleven (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0725-5136 • E-ISSN: 1461-7455 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0725513616646017 |
| OpenAlex | W2421523870 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
This article discusses Axel Honneth's recent theory of recognition, as exposed in his book Freedom's Right (2001). The argument defended here is that Honneth's approach does not apprehend the normative implications of political conflicts, for it relies on what some critics have called normative history. Against that approach, this paper defends a model of social theory that is not committed to normative presuppositions of analysis. Rather, it seeks to understand how political struggles strive for normative authority. As an illustration of forms of recognition that are alternative to the ones Honneth calls normative, the paper builds on an example from Brazilian society
Epistemology · Legitimacy · Normative · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Presupposition · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics
Soziologie und Philosophie
Honneth on Social Pathologies
Misdevelopments, Pathologies, and Normative Revolutions
Honneth, Butler and the Ambivalent Effects of Recognition
Social Freedom and the Demands of Justice
Teoria crítica e justiça social
Teoria Crítica e pesquisa social
Das Recht der Freiheit, de Honneth, Axel
Decivilising Processes
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |